Two injured, around 50 buildings damaged by Mangawhai tornado

Last updated Sun, Jan 26

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What you need to know:

  • Trees are down and there are widespread power outages after a tornado was reported in Northland's Mangawhai at around 3am.
  • Two people have been taken to hospital with serious injuries following the weather events.
  • Northpower's outage map showed one"widespread" outages covering Mangawhai with just under 1000 homes impacted.
  • Crews from seven FENZ brigades have responded to about 16 calls so far.
  • Explainer: The 'very active' weather system behind devastation in Mangawhai
  • Were you impacted by the tornado? Email news@tvnz.co.nz with the subject line MANGAWHAI.
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