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Rennes (AFP) - Une mini-tornade a touché mercredi soir une soixantaine de maisons sur l'île d'Yeu, en Vendée, placée jeudi comme cinq autres départements de la façade ouest en vigilance orange en raison de vents violents liés à la dépression atmosphérique Nelson, a annoncé la mairie. Selon les premiers éléments disponibles auprès de la préfecture de Vendée, le phénomène météorologique ne semble pas avoir provoqué de dégâts majeurs. La maire de l'Ile d'Yeu, Carole Charuau, a évoqué sur la radio France Bleu Loire Océan "des toitures arrachées, des arbres tombés et une baie vitrée éclatée". "Une ...
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Rolling Fork (United States) (AFP) - Outside, houses are torn open and trees lie with their roots in the air. Inside, stretchers are lined up in front of tables overflowing with food. In Rolling Fork, Mississippi, where a tornado caused chaos and death, volunteers are pouring in from surrounding towns to help. The American Red Cross moved into a National Guard building less than 24 hours after the tornado struck Friday night, killing at least 25 people in the community of 2,000. An ambulance is parked at the entrance of a room being used as an infirmary and, through the back door, boxes full o...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Parts of Yellowstone will remain closed for the rest of the year because of extensive flood damage, managers say, with the oldest national park in the United States completely shuttered Wednesday. Roads have been washed out in the northern portion of the 9,000 square kilometer (3,400 square mile) park after torrential rainfall and snowmelt sent months' worth of run-off into rivers in just a couple of days. All the entrances to the park, which sits chiefly in Wyoming and is home to the Old Faithful geyser, remained closed Wednesday for a third consecutive day. Images release...
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Mayfield (United States) (AFP) - In Mayfield, a US town razed by the weekend's tornadoes, locals say they are driven by their Christian faith to clear the rubble, collect supplies and turn their churches into shelters for those left homeless by one of the most devastating storm outbreaks in American history. The small town in southern Kentucky is part of the "Bible Belt," a swathe of the southern United States where life centers on the church. On Sunday, residents mentioned their faith as a driving force to move forward and help each other pick up the pieces. Vanessa Cooper, 40, was trying to ...
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Mayfield (United States) (AFP) - It was a banal industrial building, low, wide and largely unexceptional, with a few windows and a sign proudly declaring its occupant: "MCP, Mayfield Consumer Products." It is no more. Inside what was once a candle factory, dozens of workers were trapped when the most powerful tornado in the history of Kentucky -- and possibly of the entire United States -- rumbled through like a freight train Friday night. In all, 110 employees were inside, working to supply scented candles and essential oils -- popular products during the holiday season. The factory had been...
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Mayfield (United States) (AFP) - Buildings razed, cars overturned, trees ripped from the ground -- there were end-of-the-world scenes in the small Kentucky town of Mayfield. Stunned and shaken, its residents on Saturday tried to grasp the extent of the damage caused by a series of tornadoes that swept across six US states, killing more than 80 people. On Broadway, the main street in this town of 10,000 people, old red brick buildings that were once a source of local pride were shattered by the storm. The city courthouse lost a part of its roof, as well as its tower and clock. Two nearby church...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - A "bomb cyclone" brought floods and landslides to drought-hit California as forest fire-scarred landscapes were unable to soak up record-breaking rains. Severe thunderstorms deluged the northern part of the state, with strong winds pummeling the area, toppling powerlines and trees and leaving at least two people dead. The cyclone roared in from the Pacific Ocean and struck San Francisco and Oakland, as well as the states of Oregon and Washington, further north, on Sunday. It also lashed British Columbia, Canada's western-most province, leaving thousands without power. Two p...
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