Houses have been destroyed, power poles have been ripped off the base, and trees have snapped like twigs after a storm hit Mangawhai overnight. Two people from Mangawhai were taken to hospital in a ...

Explainer: The wind speed of the Mangawhai tornado is similar to one that's occurred before - RNZ has been looking at what we ...

Mangawhai residents are still cleaning up the damage caused by the tornado that ripped through the coastal community north of Auckland in the early hours of 26 January.

Fire and Emergency New Zealand said they were responding to multiple calls after a “reported tornado” around 3am this morning brought trees down, lifted roofs and damaged buildings.

Nick Beerthound, an unsettled resident and worried neighbour, tells the Herald about his experience through the 'tornado'-like winds in Mangawhai overnight. Video / NZ Herald Thirty-five homes ...

Turner said the speed varied along the path of a tornado, which is why some homes suffered more damage than others. The lack of radar coverage in regional New Zealand made it harder to detect ...

Explainer: Mangawhai residents awoke early on Sunday morning to what appeared to be a tornado, that had ripped through the town and left a trail of destruction behind. MetService initially couldn ...