Tornado in Auckland NZ, 1 dead, many injuries

[Analog6]

I was surprised - I shouldn't have been, anywhere can have tornadoes, as I learnt when I worked in EM - to see this on my web peregrinations this morning

TVNZ (http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news) link with videos
NZ Herald (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10723267) reports

[PH005]

What Next ? Snow in the Sahara !

[jim]

NZ gets tornadoes from time to time. There was a pretty bad one in Greymouth about 4 years ago that caused a lot of damage, though luckily no deaths.

More usual in the North Island though, so Auckland getting one is probably not all that surprising.

[Bennymiata]

Haven't the poor Kiwis had a bad trot so far this year.
I feel very sorry for them with the earthquakes in the south and now tornados in the north.

It'll all be forgotten when they win the Rugby World Cup, though.