Overview
- A brief, highly localized wind event struck around 7:30 p.m. Monday, tearing through only a few streets in the border commune of Cousolre.
- Several dozen homes sustained damage with roofs ripped off, trees and utility poles downed, and vehicles hit, according to local officials, with no injuries reported.
- Power cuts affected 152 households after the storm; Enedis crews restored electricity to all affected customers by late Tuesday afternoon.
- Keraunos opened an investigation into the phenomenon after radar showed a velocity dipole consistent with rotation, with confirmation pending ground damage analysis.
- Dozens of firefighters and civil protection teams secured the area and the town opened a hall for displaced residents, as the episode followed a day under yellow vigilance for storms and wind.