Extensive damage was caused by thunderstorms that hit a large part of France this weekend.
In Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil, in Indre-et-Loire, the steeple of the church has collapsed into the nave.
Twenty eight departments remain placed on orange alert because of a risk of thunderstorms on Sunday.
Twenty-eight departments are placed on orange vigilance Sunday by Météo France because of a risk of thunderstorms in the eastern half, after bad weather that caused damage and power cuts on Saturday evening.
Five departments - Aveyron, Lozère, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Moselle and Tarn - were added at 10 a.m. to the 23 already placed in orange vigilance, all located in eastern France.
At the start of the morning, less than 5,000 customers were still without electricity, mainly in the departments of Marne, Seine-et-Marne, and Aisne after the bad weather on Saturday, according to Enedis, which indicates that the return to normal is in progress.
Many falling trees
Regarding transport, traffic was to be interrupted on line P (Paris East to Meaux, Provins ...) of the Transilien until 2 p.m., according to the Transilien site. The storms caused "great damage" on the lines which join Paris to Strasbourg and Mulhouse, in particular the fall of "40 to 50 trees" on the tracks, "two important mudslides and damaged catenaries", indicated the SNCF to AFP. "About a hundred agents are mobilized and the tracks are now passable with one or two slowdown zones at 40km / h due to small mudslides" which will be cleaned up during the night, she added.
Saturday, late afternoon, a 600 m2 roof of a five-story apartment building located in Alfortville (Val-de-Marne) flew onto the building next door, causing two minor injuries. , according to the Paris firefighters.
The mayor of the town, Luc Carvounas, has made a request for a state of natural disaster for his town with the prefecture, he said.
Collapse of a bell tower in Indre-et-Loire
In Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil (Indre-et-Loire), a village renowned for its vineyards, the church tower fell into the nave of the church on Saturday after a "very local" tornado had passed, according to the parish priest and the mayor of the municipality.