Overview
- Community cleanups are being organized via social networks, and Île‑de‑France has earmarked €1 million to repair damaged public buildings.
- Power restoration continues, with 250–300 households still without electricity on Wednesday morning after about 1,700 were previously cut off.
- The storm killed a 23-year-old construction worker and injured nine others, including four in critical condition, according to authorities.
- Prosecutors in Pontoise have opened a flagrant investigation for involuntary homicide and workplace injuries, entrusted to the Val‑d’Oise interdepartmental judicial police service.
- Meteorologists report a small but intense supercell produced the late‑afternoon vortex that felled at least three tower cranes, and they warn a separate strong wind event is possible later this week.