Tornado injures 41 in southern France, damages 300 homes
What's new: About 2,800 households across 10 villages lost power, and storms also disrupted trains, roads and flights.
A tornado tore through the Aude department in southern France on Aug. 24, injuring 41 people and damaging about 300 homes, with roofs ripped off in the village of Pomas. Fifteen injured people were taken to Carcassonne hospital, and more than 120 emergency workers were deployed as crews continued searching for two people reported missing into the evening. Meteo-France recorded winds of up to 117 kph in nearby Arquettes-en-Val. Authorities said about 2,800 households in 10 villages were still without electricity Monday evening, while several roads were blocked. The wider storm system also delayed trains and triggered road closures and flight disruptions in Bordeaux, Marseille, Nice, Toulouse and Paris.