PARIS: One person was killed and at least nine others were seriously injured when a tornado struck an area north of Paris on Monday evening, reported German Press Agency (dpa).
The Val-d’Oise prefecture said in an update early on Tuesday that one person died, four people were in critical condition and a further five were in serious condition following the violent weather event in Ermont, in the northern suburbs of Paris.
Local weather app Météo Express published footage showing a tornado toppling three cranes.
“A sudden and unusually intense tornado struck several towns in the #ValdOise, killing one person and seriously injuring several others,” French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said in a post on social media platform X.
The local prefecture said that 150 firefighters, emergency workers and police officers have been deployed to Ermont and nearby Eaubonne, Andilly, Montmorency and Franconville.
Meanwhile, 1,700 households remained without power as of early Tuesday. – BERNAMA-dpa
