Tornado tears through French village leaving 41 injured and hundreds of homes damaged

Milo Pope | Live News reporter Published August 25, 2026 8:55am Updated August 25, 2026 8:55am To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A tornado has ripped through a village in southern France, leaving 15 people in hospital. More than 120 emergency workers were sent to Pomas on Monday as winds reaching 73mph tore off roofs from buildings and damaged roughly 300 homes. The aftermath saw 41 people get injured, including a pregnant woman whose home collapsed on top of her. Footage shows a huge swirling vortex next to houses and trees before the tornado tore through the region, Pomas, which is a small village in the Aude department of the Occitanie region, appears to have taken most of the brunt of the storm. Trees can be s