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A tornado rips through the suburbs of Auckland, New Zealand, killing at least one person and injuring more than a dozen. The destructive twister struck just after 3 pm local time just as children were set to go home from school.
A tornado left a trail of destruction in New Zealand's largest city of Auckland on Tuesday, leaving one dead and more than a dozen injured.
The tornado struck the suburb of Albany north of central Auckland, at about 3 p.m. local time with damage centered on the local shopping mall, before it moved south leaving a three mile trail of destruction in its wake.
Police say at least one person was killed and more than a dozen injured.
Eyewitnesses say they were terrified by the twister that wreaked havoc on the city.
[Unidentified Local Resident]:
"I have never seen one in my life, they're so scary in real life."
Deadly tornadoes swept across the southern U.S. last week, killing more than 350 people and causing as much as $5 billion of damage.
New Zealand experiences about 20 tornadoes a year, however most are of a relatively small scale, and fatalities are rare.
The worst tornado in New Zealand struck the city of Hamilton in 1948, killing three people, injuring 80 and destroying nearly 200 buildings.
In 2004 a tornado struck a small town in the Taranaki region, killing two people.
