A mini-tornado affected around sixty houses on the island of Yeu, in Vendée. Vendée placed Thursday like five other departments on the west coast on orange alert due to violent winds linked to the atmospheric depression Nelson.
Six departments on west coast still on orange wind alert this Thursday. “Risks of whirlwind phenomena mainly concern Poitou-Charentes’ this Thursday, warns Météo-France. A gust was measured at 183 km/h at Pointe du Raz, in Finistère, meteorologist St X said.