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Tornado North of Paris Kills One, Injures Eight in Val-d’Oise

Crisis operations continue in Ermont with transport gradually resuming.

Overview

  • The Val-d’Oise prefecture confirms one fatality—a construction worker—and eight injured, including four in serious condition.
  • Ermont sustained the heaviest damage, with additional impacts reported in Eaubonne, Andilly, Montmorency and Franconville north of Paris.
  • Winds ripped roofs and uprooted trees and toppled three cranes, including one that fell on a construction site, another on a medical‑social institute and a third on a residential building.
  • Authorities opened a departmental operations center and deployed large emergency contingents, including at least 80 firefighters, 50 police officers and 20 SAMU personnel for rescue and cleanup.
  • Rail services on Transilien line H and RER C were halted then partially restored as crews cleared debris, and about 1,700 households were without power overnight according to the prefecture.