Auckland Civil Defence is closely monitoring the
situation in West Auckland where there are reports of
fatalities and roof damage following a tornado around
lunchtime.
Police have set up an operational base at
Whenuapai near where the worst of the damage is
reported.
Metservice warns there is the likelihood
of more tornados may be experienced in the next few hours.
Further details will be provided as soon as
possible.
If you're using Scoop for work, your organisation needs to pay a small license fee with Scoop Pro. We think that's fair, because your organisation is benefiting from using our news resources. In return, we'll also give your team access to pro news tools and keep Scoop free for personal use, because public access to news is important!