Tornado warning in Auckland

Warning there has been a tornado in west Auckland.Three people have died and many injured.
It is very rare in NZ, we havn't have one in ages.



WATCH OUT EVERYONE!
IT COULD SPREAD!



Here some stuff About tornadoes.

WHAT IS A TORNADO?

A tornado is defined as a violently rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground. The most violent tornadoes are capable of tremendous destruction with wind speeds of 250 mph or more. Damage paths can be in excess of one mile wide and 50 miles long.

Tornado Event	Date	Area	Tornadoes	Casualties	Notes
Frankton (Hamilton) tornado	25 August 1948	Waikato, New Zealand	-	3 fatalities, 80 injuries	F2 damages; 163 buildings and 50 businesses[citation needed].
Halswell tornado	19 January 1983	Halswell, Christchurch, New Zealand	-	0 fatalities, unknown injured	Part of a severe storm to strike Christchurch. Authorities didn't believe reports made by citizens. Few buildings were damaged.[citation needed]
Albany tornado	May 1991	Albany, New Zealand	-	1 fatality, unknown injured	Local church destroyed. One man driving a bulldozer was killed by flying debris.[73]
Waitara tornado [1]	15 August 2004	Taranaki, New Zealand	-	2 fatalities, 2 serious injured	The casualties occurred when a farmhouse was demolished by the tornado. Several power lines were taken out, affecting 6,662 consumers. Media reports included debris ‘spread over an area 400 metres long by 50 metres wide’, although other media outlets described the track length as being greater than 1 km.
New Plymouth tornado	4 July 2007	New Plymouth, New Zealand		0 fatalities	A series of tornadoes ripped through the New Plymouth district of New Zealand, damaging 50 homes and rendering 70–80% of them uninhabitable. One person was injured, and several were trapped inside vehicles by powerlines.[74]
Auckland tornado	3 May 3, 2011	Auckland, New Zealand	-	1 fatality, 14 injuries	A tornado struck the Auckland suburb of Albany, killing one person, and injuring many others.[75][76
New Plymouth tornadoes	19 June 2011	New Plymouth, New Zealand	2 confirmed 1 unconfirmed	0 fatalities	Two tornadoes struck New Plymouth damaging businesses in the Central Business District, St Mary's Church Hall and a hotel.[77]  by BW & AM