While violent storms shake France, and particularly the Center-Val de Loire region where five departments are placed in orange vigilance, the bell tower of the church of the municipality of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil (Indre-et-Loire ) was beheaded by the passage of a tornado, Saturday April 19 at midday, according to information relayed on the site of the daily
La Nouvelle République
.
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The building collapsed in the nave, causing some collateral damage.
In particular, vehicles were damaged.
On social networks, comments accompany the images of the disfigured building.
"I crossed my fingers for the neighbors
," writes a surfer.
I could have crossed my fingers for us too… A real tornado, according to witnesses.
The bell tower of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil is… In short.
Thank you 2021. "
Other damage is to be deplored.
The roof of the village hall which adjoins the church has been torn off.
However, the place was to host the polling station for the regional and departmental elections on Sunday 20 and 27 June.
This weekend, France undergoes a generalized and strong stormy degradation. This is linked to an atmospheric blockage which favors the rise of a mass of hot and very unstable air coming from North Africa and Spain, confronting cold air arriving from the Atlantic. In total, 79 departments of the metropolis should be affected to varying degrees.
