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Three dead after tornado hits New Zealand city of Auckland
December 06, 2012
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/three-dead-after-tornado-hits-new-zealand-city-of-auckland/story-e6frg6so-1226531171477 [with embedded photos and videos]


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Three killed as tornado hits Auckland, New Zealand

Published on Dec 6, 2012 by BBCOfficialNews

Three people have been killed as a rare tornado ripped through western suburbs of the New Zealand city of Auckland.

The tornado struck Hobsonville and Whenuapai on Thursday afternoon, uprooting trees and taking roofs off houses.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpRpQQkyFe0 [also at e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXRQJevYPXA ]


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In the eye of the storm: dramatic video of freak tornado in New Zealand

Published on Dec 6, 2012 by telegraphtv

Footage filmed by a resident of the Hobsonville area of Auckland shows the trees bending under the pressure of the wind, and debris flying through the air at high speed.

Footage filmed by a resident in the Hobsonville district of Auckland showed palm trees swaying violently as the tornado passed nearby.

Three people were killed and several injured after the storm, described by witnesses as a "mini tornado", hit New Zealand's largest city, toppling trees and ripping debris from a construction site.

The tornado, driven by a powerful storm cell, tore concrete slabs from a building site and dropped them onto a truck, killing two people inside, a fire services spokesman said.

Details on the third death were not immediately available. At least seven people injured in the storm were sent to hospital.

One woman caught up in the chaos described the moment her was nearly overturned by the high speed winds.

"The car started to tilt and started to lift. The wind was just going nuts around us, trees were flying at us, bottles were flying at us," she said.

Military personnel were going from door to door in the area to check if more people were trapped and authorities warned of more severe weather to come.

Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/newzealand/9726272/New-Zealand-tornado-wreaks-devastation-in-Auckland.html

Get the latest headlines http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbcxJ1fbDsM


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WeatherWatch: Auckland storm kills three

Published on Dec 5, 2012 by nzheraldtv

Philip Duncan from WeatherWatch.co.nz updates on three people have been killed after severe weather - including a series of tornadoes - hit Auckland this afternoon.
Police sources have confirmed that three have died in the west Auckland storm, which struck shortly after noon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIAmqXChHuQ