More than a thunderstorm, it's a tornado that hit the neighborhood of Pont-de-Crau in Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône) on Tuesday morning. Five wounded are to be deplored and the material damage is important: torn roofs and uprooted trees. In a campsite, mobile homes were even raised by the wind.
"Shaken, shaken, shaken!"
Jacques, who is on holiday in the tornado area, testifies to his fear: "Shaken, shaken, shaken, like an Orangina!" There is material damage, the caravan has risen a little and then fell back on its crutches, I think she does not have her right angles anymore, the car has taken too, on the ground it's a disaster, everything is scattered ".
But it could have been worse, as for his camping neighbor. The roof of his caravan was completely torn off. In all, 170 families have been affected and many have to be relocated.