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

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

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

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

Mangawhai has been compared to a war zone, with houses destroyed, roofs torn off, debris scattered across roads and power ...

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

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

Explainer: The wind speed of the Mangawhai tornado is similar to one that's occurred before - RNZ has been looking at what we know so far.

Contractors are removing building debris and tornado damaged items piled on berms in the most affected areas of Mangawhai ...

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

Northpower hoped to fully reinstate power by 5pm but the damage was worse than first thought. Kaipara Mayor Craig Jepson says a transformer still needs replacing. The tornado injured two people; nine ...

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 ...