Last week was an unusual one in Paris, the City of Lights. First came the jewel heist with eight pieces valued at $102 million stolen from the Louvre Museum on Sunday, Oct. 19. Then on Monday, Oct. 20, residents just outside of Paris in Ermont found themselves in the path of a rare EF2 tornado , with estimated winds of 130 mph. At least nine were seriously injured and a young construction worker was killed. Amid the damage, about 1,700 homes lost power and a local gym was transformed into an emergency shelter.

When most people think of tornadoes, they picture the Great Plains: dark funnels carving out a path across Oklahoma, Kansas, or Texas, and for good reason. The United States records more tornadoes than any other country on Earth, with an average of around 1,200 per year. About

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