A tornado tears through a village in southern France, wrecking 300 homes
PARIS (AP) — A tornado ripped through a small village in southern France, damaging about 300 homes, destroying several cars and injuring dozens of people, authorities said Tuesday.
The tornado struck Pomas, a village of about 1,000 people, on Monday and rescue teams continued their search through ruins on Tuesday, though no people were immediately reported missing.
Authorities said that 39 people were injured. Alain Bucquet, the head of the local government office, later said 20 of them were hospitalized, with none of them in critical condition as of Tuesday evening. Authorities opened emergency accommodation centers to house displaced residents.
Bucquet said the Pomas school was partially destroyed, but assured residents that the town’s children would be able to attend classes in surrounding municipalities starting on the first day of the school year in September.
In the broader Aude department, about 1,400 households were still without electricity on Tuesday morning, officials said.
Resident watch damaged houses after a tornado ravaged the small village of Pomas in southern France, leaving dozens injured, Tuesday Aug. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Frederic Lancelot)
People leave with luggage after a tornado ravaged the small village of Pomas in southern France, leaving dozens injured, Tuesday Aug. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Frederic Lancelot)
Damaged houses are pictured after a tornado ravaged the small village of Pomas in southern France, leaving dozens injured, Tuesday Aug. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Frederic Lancelot)
Cars and a damaged house are pictured after a tornado ravaged the small village of Pomas in southern France, leaving dozens injured, Tuesday Aug. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Frederic Lancelot)
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Resident watch damaged houses after a tornado ravaged the small village of Pomas in southern France, leaving dozens injured, Tuesday Aug. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Frederic Lancelot)
The region was under a thunderstorm alert at the time of the tornado, with wind gusts exceeding 60 miles per hour recorded at a nearby meteorological station. The third stage of the Vuelta a Espana bike race, which was held in southern France on Monday, was halted because of hail.
According to Meteo France, the national weather agency, a few dozen tornadoes occur each year in mainland France, most of them of low intensity.
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