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2 killed as tornado tears through NZ's biggest city
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May 3, 2011, Tuesday
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A TORNADO tore through New Zealand's largest city Auckland today, killing two people, sending cars flying through the air and ripping roofs off buildings.
The tornado struck the northern suburb of Albany at about 3:15pm with damage centered on a shopping mall before it moved south, leaving a five-km (three-miles) trail of destruction.
Civil defense officials put the death toll at two, with 14 injured.
"We've got our fingers crossed that injuries are limited and that there are no further fatalities," Auckland Mayor Len Brown told Radio New Zealand.
Tornadoes swept across the southern US states last week, killing more than 350 people and causing as much as US$5 billion of damage.
New Zealand experiences about 20 tornadoes a year, but most are relatively small and fatalities 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 coastal Taranaki region on the North Island, killing two people.
The tornado struck the northern suburb of Albany at about 3:15pm with damage centered on a shopping mall before it moved south, leaving a five-km (three-miles) trail of destruction.
Civil defense officials put the death toll at two, with 14 injured.
"We've got our fingers crossed that injuries are limited and that there are no further fatalities," Auckland Mayor Len Brown told Radio New Zealand.
Tornadoes swept across the southern US states last week, killing more than 350 people and causing as much as US$5 billion of damage.
New Zealand experiences about 20 tornadoes a year, but most are relatively small and fatalities 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 coastal Taranaki region on the North Island, killing two people.
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