Tornado hits area north of Paris, leaving one person dead

PARIS (Reuters) -One person has died after a tornado struck the Val d'Oise area just to the north of Paris, said French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez on Monday.

Nunez said he was monitoring the situation closely, and added several others had been seriously injured as a result of the tornado.

(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta; Editing by Chris Reese)

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