Tornado near Paris leaves one dead
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At least one person has been killed after a “mini-tornado” ripped through the northern suburbs of Paris. The extreme winds began just before 6pm local time on Monday and affected about a dozen towns in the Val-d’Oise region. Philippe Court, the head of the prefecture, declared the “violent, sudden windy episode” as a “mini-tornado”.
The freak tornado has left one dead and at least nine people injured - including four seriously - after sweeping through an area just a few miles from Paris, sparking a major emergency response