00:02Roofs were torn off and homes were damaged after a tornado tore through a village in the southwest of France
00:08on Monday, injuring 41 people.
00:10The tornado hit the village of Bomas where the destruction was significant. An estimated 300 homes were damaged.
00:18Over 120 emergency workers were deployed to the scene and reinforcements are expected from nearby regions.
00:25Authorities said 15 people were taken to the hospital.
00:29Videos circulating online show an impressive vortex of wind moving through several communities.
00:35The National Weather Service said winds had reached up to 117 km per hour.
00:41French authorities had placed several regions of the country's southwest on orange alert for storms.
00:47Numerous areas were hit by power outages.
00:50The storms also upended the transportation network,
00:53delaying trains, forcing road closures and causing delays and cancellations at airports in Bordeaux, Marseille, Nice, Toulouse and even Paris.
01:04The National Investigators
01:05The National Weather Service
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