Mini tornado - A mini tornado has hit Arles in the Bouches du Rhone. The area had been placed on an orange weather alert on Monday with storms forecast. The tornado hit the area between 4am and 5am this morning and resulted in sixty people having to be evacuated from a nearby campsite. Emergency services have reported that three people have been slightly wounded and one person was taken to hospital.
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