Photo: SuppliedA hyper-localised "mini tornado" has damaged a property in the Bay of Plenty town of Pahoia, sending a dog cage flying, denting a roller door and uprooting trees. "And it's lucky we did because it got a bit wild and the wind started spinning around," Mr Geros said. A big dog cage, which was installed over four dog kennels, was ripped off its foundations and flung down a bank to the neighbour's farm. The thunderstorms were quite squally and there could possibly have been a small tornado." The wind changes Mr Geros described made sense for a small tornado, he said.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 20, 2017 22:18 UTC