Breaking News - Tornado causes major damage in a town in northwest of France
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An unstable Atlantic circulation is driving cooler air currents over France, with sharp thermal contrasts with warmer sub-tropical air that are triggering strong and vast storms.
In the north-west of France, a particularly violent storm in the early afternoon today generated a tornado that hit the town of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil , a small commune located in the Indre-et-Loire department.
Damages, still to be quantified, are also reported in the surrounding fields and in the precious vineyards of the area. Fortunately, however, there are no victims or injuries.
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The town has suffered extensive damage, with falling trees, poles, damage to buildings. Serious damage in particular to a church , whose bell tower was literally torn by the force of the wind and part of the roof collapsed. The roof of the town hall was also torn open .
Images below shows some of the damage caused in the town
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51 departments are currently under a orange warning for a risk of violent thunderstorms and heat wave at the end of the day and next night.