A Tornado on the Ionian Coast, and Storm Alerts Across the South

Surveillance footage from a beach resort in Castellaneta Marina, on the Ionian coast of Puglia, captured the moment a tornado ripped through a restaurant, Al Jazeera reported on Monday. The broadcaster ran the clip as part of its newsfeed coverage of the storm.

The twister struck as forecasters warned of a broader turn in the weather across the south. The Local Italy reported on Monday that temperatures would drop below seasonal averages across the country this week, with heavy rainfall and strong winds expected in the centre-south. The outlet's Monday news roundup, published the same morning, listed storm alerts for southern Italy.

Castellaneta Marina sits on the Gulf of Taranto, the water that separates Puglia's Ionian shore from Calabria's. An alert drawn for southern Italy takes in the coastline running from the Pollino foothills to Reggio Calabria, where the beach clubs and lidos are built much as the one in the footage is.