The village of Cubry-lès-Faverney, in Haute-Saône, witnessed an impressive meteorological phenomenon. This Thursday, October 10, at the end of the day, the passage of a low-intensity tornado tore off several roofs. Residents are still in shock.
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The episode only lasted a handful of minutes. Around 6:20 p.m., this Thursday, October 10, an explosion shook the small town of Cubry-lès-Faverney, in Haute-Saône.
“We were watching TV quietly, and suddenly we heard a loud noise.”testifies Valérie, a resident.
“We thought it was a storm, we were in the veranda. We saw tiles flying away, falling on the cars.”
Valérie, resident of Cubry-lès-Faverney
Still shaken, her husband Pascal describes a scene of chaos: “All the trees were horizontal, there were no more landmarks. We just said to ourselves: « provided that the windows hold, that the tiles do not come into the house.» We remained powerless, it was horror.“
Some cars were damaged by the tiles.
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The phenomenon, first described as “unexplained gust of wind“by the Haute-Saône firefighters, turns out to be a low intensity tornado.”A rain shower came into rotation“, analyzes the Météo Franc-comtoise site. The winds would have reached 130 km/h.
Although no injuries were reported, eight houses and a shed were affected. “Roofs flew away“, specifies the CODIS of Haute-Saône. In total, around thirty firefighters were mobilized until the night to cover and secure the scene.
This morning, traces of the passage of the tornado, tiles litter the streets of Cubry-lès-Faverney. It’s time to clean up and take steps with insurance companies and roofers to have damaged roofs repaired.
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