Five dead. This is a sad, provisional assessment of the violent weather that hit Corsica on Thursday. These very violent storms also injured at least twenty people, four of them seriously, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced at the end of the day. Le Figaro counts the victims of this tragedy.
A 13-year-old girl was killed in Sagone camp
A 13-year-old girl died after a tree fell on her bungalow. According to France 3 Corse, several other people were also in the house when the tree fell and were injured, one of them seriously.
A 62-year-old fisherman was found dead
The body of a 62-year-old fisherman who had been reported missing was also found Thursday morning in Girolata Bay (Cours-du-Sud), a spokesman for the Maritime Prefecture said. In Corsica, 125 rescue operations were carried out at sea during the day, most of them “Ships in distress, either by breaches in the fleet which might have driven them ashore, or when they were already at sea and found disabled or damaged.” said in the press release of the Maritime Prefecture. It is also clarified that “hThe first estimate of these incidents currently stands at ten minor injuries, most of which are the result of falls overboard or shocks to their boats.”
The body of a kayaker was found in the sea
In Erbalunga (Haute-Corse), Cap Corse, the lifeless body of a kayaker was found by aerial means at the beginning of the afternoon, who was alerted by her husband, who managed to take shelter. “The body was just found in the sea”A spokesman for the Maritime Prefecture added on Thursday afternoon.
A 46-year-old man fell under a tree in Calvi
By the end of the morning, the Upper Corse prefecture announced the death of a 46-year-old man in Calvi (Haute-Corse), who was killed by a tree that fell on his bungalow. A 23-year-old Italian vacationer was seriously injured in the same city and was taken to Bastia hospital.
A 72-year-old woman died in Coggia
A 72-year-old woman died after the roof of a thatched house fell on her car in Coggia, Cours-du-Sud.
The death toll remains provisional and could rise as at least twenty people have also been injured, four of them in critical condition. Corsica was preparing, moreover, to withstand new heavy rains on Thursday evening. The Mediterranean island, where the tourist season is in full swing, did return to orange alert at 9 p.m., for an episode that will last until at least 10 a.m. Friday, according to Météo-France.
Source: Le Figaro
