A tornado damaged dozens of homes and injured around 40 people after tearing through a village in southwestern France on Monday, officials said.
The town of Pomas in the foothills of the Pyrenees mountains, home to around 1,000 people, was hit the hardest.
The tornado damaged approximately 300 homes in the village, uprooting trees and ripping the roofs off some buildings.The tornado left a trail of damage in its wake Image: Idriss Bigou-Gilles/AFP
Fifteen of the injured, including a pregnant woman whose house collapsed while she was inside, were brought to hospital, AFP reported.
More than 120 firefighters and emergency personnel were sent to the scene to help with clean-up efforts, local officials said.
