The coasts of Sicily, Calabria, and Sardinia have been devastated by Cyclone Harry over the past two days. The storm has caused landslides, flooded dozens of roads, destroyed several marinas, and damaged hundreds of homes, rendering them uninhabitable. Although the initial assessments suggest that the damage is severe—more than half a billion euros in Sicily alone—there were no fatalities and only one person was injured, despite the exceptional and intense weather event. Credit goes to the Civil Protection Department's efficiency and the preemptive steps that were effective. In Sicily alone, 2,000 volunteers from 250 Civil Protection organizations were deployed, along with roughly 1,500 firefighters who worked for three days. Approximately 7,000 people took part in the emergency response. Thousands were also mobilized in Sardinia and Calabria. Sardinia now has 100 local operations centers, Calabria has 51, and Sicily has 304. Road travel was restricted by the closure of schools and offices, and the evacuation of hundreds of individuals was successful. The majority of the evacuated areas sustained significant damage. It's difficult to determine what would have happened if residents hadn't evacuated before the cyclone struck, but the risk would undoubtedly have been greater. Fabio Ciciliano, chairman of the National Civil Protection Department, stated that in Italy, we have become accustomed to recording deaths because they make the headlines, but we nearly never register deaths avoided through correct behavior.