At least five dead, this is the terrible toll this Thursday evening of the storm which fell on the western facade of Corsica.
Among those who died was a 13-year-old girl of Austrian nationality.
The embassy of his country in France confirmed the information to us this Thursday evening.
The victim was in a bungalow at Le Sagone campsite in Vico when a tree collapsed on the house.
Her uncle and younger sister were with her.
They were seriously injured and were placed this Thursday evening in critical care at the Bastia and Ajaccio hospitals.
Another foreigner died in the bad weather.
It is an English kayaker who was on an outing on the east coast of Cap Corse, towards Erbalunga, a fishing village.
Her husband had reported that she was in trouble, before she was picked up by a rescue helicopter, unfortunately too late.
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A 62-year-old fisherman also died at sea. He was sailing in the Gulf of Girolata when the storms broke out.
The man did not have time to take shelter.
The maritime prefecture has indicated that 115 rescue or assistance operations have been carried out for stranded or drifting boats.
A dozen people were treated for minor injuries.
Falling trees, heart attack
A 46-year-old man of French nationality died after a tree fell on his bungalow at the Calvi Olympic Club holiday center in Haute-Corse.
The forties had his chest crushed by the trunk, while his companion found refuge under a bed.
A 23-year-old woman of Italian origin was in cardiorespiratory arrest after a tree fell in the same pine forest.
She was transported to Bastia hospital.
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Finally, a 72-year-old woman died of a heart attack on the beach of Liamone in Coggia, in Corse-du-Sud, after the roof of a straw hut fell on her vehicle, according to information communicated by the prefecture.
In the evening, Gérald Darmanin, the Minister of the Interior, announced a sixth victim without it being possible for us to confirm this information.
This macabre assessment could however increase since twenty people were injured after the passage of the stormy episode, four of them seriously.
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