What is Storm Daniel?
{{expand|September 2023}} '''Storm Daniel''' also known as '''Cyclone Daniel''', was a [[Mediterranean]] tropical like [[cyclone]] that affected southeastern [[Europe]]. It was the deadliest and costliest Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone ever recorded as well as the deadliest cyclone worldwide since '''[[Cyclone Nargis]]''' in [[2008]]. It was also the deadliest weather event of 2023 as of September 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Storm Daniel continues to sweep through the Mediterranean Basin {{!}} Copernicus|url=https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/storm-daniel-continues-sweep-through-mediterranean-basin|access-date=2023-09-14|website=www.copernicus.eu}}</ref> Atleast 6,850 have been confirmed death while around 10,000-1,000,000 are reportedly missing. Most of these fatalities occured in [[Libya]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Libya floods: Warning over shortage of body bags as fears of disease rise in Derna|url=https://news.sky.com/story/libya-warning-over-shortage-of-body-bags-as-disease-may-compound-deaths-in-flood-hit-city-12960801|access-date=2023-09-14|website=Sky News|language=en}}</ref> ==Background== Beginning to take shape around [[September 4]], [[2023]], this weather system formed as a low-pressure system. It had far-reaching effects, causing extensive flooding in [[Greece]], [[Bulgaria]] and [[Turkey]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kitsantonis|first=Niki|last2=Kwai|first2=Isabella|date=2023-09-06|title=Extreme Rains Cause Flooding in Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey, Killing 14|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/world/europe/greece-turkey-floods-bulgaria.html|access-date=2023-09-15|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> As time passed, this system transformed into a Mediterranean low, officially named Storm Daniel. Soon, it developed quasi-tropical characteristics (TLC) and moved towards the Libyan coast. There, it unleashed catastrophic [[Flood|flooding]] before weakening into a [[remnant low]]. This storm's formation was a consequence of an omega block, where a high-pressure