More wind damage

We went out for a walk up the valley and discovered that the mess caused by the wind in our garden was quite mild compared to some other places.

Trees blown over near Le Bois

In the woods hundreds and hundreds of trees have fallen.

Doug playing with fallen trees

A number of trees landed on houses, but we saw quite a few who had been lucky like us and had near misses.
Various roofs have been blown clean off

Firemen removing the remains of a roof

It seems that Chamonix was particularly hard hit by the wind for some reason.