A Mangawhai resident has been hospitalised after severe winds tore open their home and threw them out of the top storey.

The family of a woman badly injured in the Mangawhai tornado say it is a miracle she survived when the second storey of her ...

A severe storm with tornado-like winds hit Mangawhai and surrounding communities in Northland just before 3am. Two people ...

Strangers have turned up at the doors of devastated homes to offer a helping hand following the Mangawhai tornado. Stories of ...

The storm in Mangawhai was so powerful that power poles were snapped in half and roofs were ripped off, leaving the seaside ...

A woman says her partner was seconds away from being killed when the limbs of a tree harpooned the rear of their motorhome ...

The clean up is continuing in Mangawhai with the council beginning to clear rubbish from the berms of the most affected areas ...

The township of Mangawhai has been described as looking like a war zone, with houses destroyed, roofs torn off, debris scattered across the roads, power poles ripped off the base, and trees snapped ...

The response to the tornado has been a multi-agency approach, involving Fire and Emergency New Zealand, Police, Northpower ...

• There is currently a cordon in place around the Mangawhai Village area, where the tornado has caused the most damage to ...

Around three this morning, a line of severe thunderstorms and winds tore through the town and surrounding areas. Two people have been hospitalised with serious injuries. A neighbour says one of the ...