Photo / Phillip Boughey via NZ HeraldWild weather is striking at Auckland after fierce winds described as a tornado by onlookers have ripped a roof of a bathroom store. People were inside Elite Bathroomware when the tornado hit, he said. The tornado toppled trees as it blew through Dairy Flat overnight. Photo: RNZMeanwhile, a Dairy Flat resident says a tornado last night sounded like a plane crashing into her house, as wild weather flooded streets and toppled trees in Auckland and Northland. It prompted 24 weather-related callouts for Fire and Emergency crews, handling incidents including flooding, lifted roofs and toppled trees and powerlines.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 26, 2020 23:26 UTC