Tornado-type winds cause destruction in northern France

A rescue worker walks next to a house where the roof was destroyed by a tornado in Bihucourt (Michel Spingler/AP)

Tornado-like storms that tore through northern France sheared off part of a church roof, felled trees and power lines and left scores of people without a safe place to live, authorities said.

One person suffered light injuries in the storms on Sunday and some 150 people were evacuated, according to the administration for the Pas-de-Calais region.