Papatoetoe tornado

19 June 2021 · Auckland, New Zealand · ? Intensity unknown

Early on a Saturday morning a tornado dropped out of a winter storm front and raced through Papatoetoe, a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand's biggest city. It lifted roofs, smashed windows and toppled trees and power poles, damaging about 1,200 homes in only a few minutes.

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Good to know

At a freight yard the wind knocked over heavy shipping containers.

New Zealand gets a few small tornadoes every year, but one this damaging in a large city is rare.

Footage (3)

• Auckland tornado: Drone footage shows the damage in Papatoetoe | Stuff.co.nz Channel: Stuff Watch on YouTube ↗
• Tornado rips through south Auckland suburb of Papatoetoe | Stuff.co.nz Channel: Stuff Watch on YouTube ↗
• Tornado in Papatoetoe South Auckland 19 June 2021 Channel: Mohammed Mobeen (1C) Watch on YouTube ↗

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