Tornado devastates village in southwestern France’s Aude region

A tornado tore through a village in southwestern France on Monday, injuring 41 people and damaging hundreds of homes, authorities said. French authorities had placed swathes of the country's southwest on orange alert for storms, and numerous areas were hit by power outages and transport chaos. In the Aude department, officials cancelled the third stage of the Vuelta a Espana cycling race, which was being held in the area, when a hailstorm forced riders to seek shelter. The tornado hit hardest in the village of Pomas, population 1,000, damaging an estimated 300 homes, in some cases ripping their roofs off. To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: © France 24 01:50 More than 120 emergency workers were deployed to the scene, local authorities said. Fifteen of the injured were taken to hospital. They included a pregnant woman who was hurt when her house collapsed on her, her husband told AFP. The national weather service, Meteo-France, said winds had reached up to 117...