Tornado barrels through southern France, leaves Pomas in ruins
Mike EllisRenee Straker
ByMike EllisandRenee Straker
2 days agoUpdated: August 25, 2026, 5:31 pm EDTPublished: August 25, 2026, 7:23 am EDT

A tornado filmed from miles away in Villefloure barreled into the village of Pomas in southern France, damaging at least 300 homes. Dozens of people were injured, two of them critically. Météo-France says the country sees a few dozen tornadoes a year, but most are nowhere near this destructive.

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