At around 15.00 local time today the village of Le Roeulx - between Mons
and La Louvière in southern Belgium - was hit by a tornado.

Several house roofs were badly damaged - the roof and ceilings were sucked
out of one house. Windows were also broken and a large tree felled.
No-one was hurt.

Photos of damage here
http://users.skynet.be/leclercq/actu...emp112003.html

Information from contributors to the Flemish weather news group, Belgian TV
news, the newspaper Gazet van Antwerpen and the above link.

Colin Youngs
Brussels

Colin Youngs wrote in message ...
:At around 15.00 local time today the village of Le Roeulx - between Mons
:and La Louvière in southern Belgium - was hit by a tornado.

About 50 houses and some industrial buildings damaged. Some roofs
completely removed. Traffic hold-ups as a number of roads were obstructed
by fallen trees.

Information posted by a contributor to the Flemish observers' news group,
quoting a radio station website.

Colin Youngs
Brussels

On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 22:35:16 +0100, "Colin Youngs"
wrote:

Colin Youngs wrote in message ...
:At around 15.00 local time today the village of Le Roeulx - between Mons
:and La Louvière in southern Belgium - was hit by a tornado.

About 50 houses and some industrial buildings damaged. Some roofs
completely removed. Traffic hold-ups as a number of roads were obstructed
by fallen trees.

Information posted by a contributor to the Flemish observers' news group,
quoting a radio station website.




http://www.expatica.com/belgium.asp?...&item_id=35478

Typhoon damages 50 homes
4 November 2003

BRUSSELS – What has been termed a mini-typhoon hit the village of
Roeulx in Hainaut province Monday afternoon, damaging over 50 homes.


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Paul