Thunderstorms (illustration). – Pixabay
There were no injuries but heavy property damage in just a few minutes. While heavy weather hit Brittany on Saturday afternoon, it’s downright a mini tornado who crossed several villages of the
Morbihan, around the town of Langonnet, around 6.30 p.m.
According to the newspaper West France, several houses but also agricultural buildings have seen their roof blown. A high voltage line fell to the ground. According to
France Blue, hangars that housed cars and motorhomes also collapsed, destroying vehicles.
#Tornado #Morbihan #Langonnet
Here are the images of the tornado filmed by Yoann Rivoal pic.twitter.com/0PkZVJacOZ– Météo Bretagne (@MeteoBretagne) May 9, 2020
New thunderstorms expected this Sunday
Thunderstorms hit very hard elsewhere in Brittany, with several hundred interventions by firefighters in the evening. According to Stéven Tual, meteorologist for Météo Bretagne, “thunderstorms sometimes deposited the equivalent of a month of precipitation in a few hours west of Reindeer and in the Mené ”.
According to the site, new stormy episodes are expected this Sunday afternoon, mainly between the Gulf of Morbihan, Loire-Atlantique and the south of the Rennes basin.
