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"Everything Flew in Bursts, It Was Chaos": Corsica Crossed by Powerful Thunderstorms, Winds up to 158 Km/h Move an Airplane

Summary by franceinfo.fr
After the east and south of France, it is the turn of Corsica to be hit by violent thunderstorms, with gusts of wind at more than 150 km/h. This is the case in L'Île-Rousse (Haute-Corse), where if there has been no victim, the damage is significant and where the wind has even moved an aircraft to the tarmac of an airport.

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After the east and south of France, it is the turn of Corsica to be hit by violent thunderstorms, with gusts of wind at more than 150 km/h. This is the case in L'Île-Rousse (Haute-Corse), where if there has been no victim, the damage is significant and where the wind has even moved an aircraft to the tarmac of an airport.

A storm swept through Corsica on Thursday late in the afternoon with violent gusts of wind reaching 160 km/h. To such an extent that the storm moved an aircraft to the ground, at Sainte-Catherine airport in Calvi.

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franceinfo.fr broke the news in on Friday, August 29, 2025.
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