A new storm, called Leon, has been sweeping the Atlantic coast since this Sunday morning. In Gironde-sur-Dropt, near La Réole, in South Gironde, it looked like a mini-tornado. On a 2 kilometer and 800 meter wide corridor, very strong winds caused a lot of material damage shortly before noon.
Thirty roofs were reportedly torn off. Trees also did not resist the mini-tornado. At 3 p.m., the firefighters did not notice none injured. Météo France also mentioned two minor injuries. The RD 1113 is currently closed to traffic.
The phenomenon was brief, only a few minutes, and caused by a small convective line. “But this is a classic situation in winter. As the air is colder at altitude, the line brought with it rains, thunderstorms very locally and therefore strong gusts of wind.”
Difficult on the other hand to know precisely the power of the gusts in Gironde-sur-Dropt, but shortly before, Météo France recorded 106 km / h in Bordeaux and between 90 and 100 km / h around La Réole. “It is a very localized phenomenon and above all difficult to predict”.
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