An unusually strong tornado tore through southwestern France, ripping up roofs and leaving dozens of people injured, the authorities said on Tuesday. “A tornado of rare intensity struck Aude late yesterday afternoon,” Laurent Nuñez, the French interior minister, said on social media, referring to a prefecture in the Occitanie region.

PARIS, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Four French nationals are still missing after the devastating flash flood that struck areas near the Nepal-Tibet border earlier this week, French minister delegate for French nationals abroad Eleonore Caroit said on Friday.