Tornado in Pomas: 36 people have returned to their homes, cleaning work continues

A week after the violent tornado which hit the village of Pomas (Aude), 36 people were able to return to their homes out of the 56 people who had to be rehoused, the prefecture told ICI Occitanie on Monday August 31. In addition, 20 residents are still relocated to Carcassonne.

Cleaning work is still underway in the village, adds the prefecture. The emergency services and the police covered 14,000 square meters around and on the buildings to protect them from bad weather. 300 houses out of 500 were damaged by the tornado, of which 102 houses are now uninhabitable, according to the latest assessment from the prefect of Aude. The Pomas school was also largely destroyed, forcing the 90 children attending the establishment on Tuesday September 1 to return to a temporary school set up in Couffoulens, about fifteen kilometers north of Pomas.

On its website, the municipality of Pomas reminds that “each donation, whatever its amount, is precious”. “It will contribute to helping our municipality recover and allow children to return to a living and learning environment as quickly as possible,” writes the municipality.