Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone Tropical cyclones in 2020 Tropical cyclones and climate change Tropical Storm Rolf (2011) – the first tropical storm in the Mediterranean to be recognized by an international agency Cyclone Qendresa (2014) – one of the strongest Mediterranean tropical cyclones ever recorded Cyclone Numa (2017) – another powerful medicane Subtropical Storm Alpha (2020) – a cyclone in the East Atlantic that coincided with Ianos and impacted Portugal, marking the rare occurrence of two simultaneous tropical/subtropical systems around the European region