Tornado

Levin tornado carves trail of destruction, houses damaged, trees torn up, roads closed.

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Heavy winds have brought destruction across New Zealand's North Island, including a tornado in the Horowhenua town of Levin.

Catastrophic would be the only word to describe it," he told Radio NZ. "There's nothing left of the crop." "It was a red station wagon and it was just flying down the road and the wind was blowing it like nothing."

Extreme weather has caused havoc across parts of the North Island this morning, with power lines downed, buildings damaged and one person injured after ...

The district council advised that traffic management had been put in place for north - and south-bound State Highway 1 (SH1) traffic. A school in Levin ended up with a neighbour's garage on its property after the tornado struck. "I hope there isn't too much damage at your properties and just look after yourselves." "Catastrophic would be the only word to describe it" - Jay Clarke Police said SH1 was closed between Durham Street and Supercheap Auto due to a "major weather event" and SH57 was also closed between Tararua Road and Queen Street due to a fallen tree. Wanden earlier said in a Facebook video that the "mini tornado" had passed through the town from the west, uprooting trees in the park on Victoria Street and causing power outages and damage to buildings. Two lanes remain available in each direction. Power lines had fallen on a car in Mako Mako Rd and some roofing iron ended up on the tracks in Levin, she said. He said the most significant damage was in the centre of town and the growing area to the southwest had not been too badly affected. Reflecting on the fact only one person had sustained minor injuries, Wanden said the town had "got away pretty lucky, to be honest". "From what I've seen, most of the damage is only in certain parts of the house so ... with a good, heavy tarpaulin, they may be able to still remain in there." Metservice said it recorded a wind gust of 140km/h in the town this morning and it is asking anyone with footage of the weather event to contact them so it can determine whether it was indeed a tornado, or a thunderstorm collapsing in on itself.

The state highway through the town has reopened while the community assesses the damage to homes and businesses.

We are actually going into the community and helping them." The Mayoral Relief Fund will be used to help those in our community who have suffered loss and damage as a result of today’s severe weather event.” We’re so lucky because if it hadn’t have turned away from us at the last minute, we would’ve had it." There had been no requests for national support so far. Horowhenua District Council reported the town was hit by a tornado at 6.30am, causing havoc. The Levin Wastewater Treatment Plant had suffered non-critical isolated damage and the Foxton Beach Wastewater Treatment Plant had a power outage. At the front of the shop the only damage was a broken sign, and the large novelty Stihl chainsaw on the roof had been felled. He had posted the offer to Facebook and said he had already received a "big" response. She said she felt sorry for the people affected as the area was known to have a poorer population and the damage was devastating. “Our depot was fine and my house was fine but neighbours and a few other people down the road and a few other people lost their roof.” There was a second band of thunderstorms approaching, and the watch was expected to be in place until 11am. Horowhenua council had received 10 welfare calls and a rapid response caravan had been moved to the Levin Fire and Emergency Station.

It was "loud, it shook, and I was scared", Laura Sweetman describes what it was like being in the middle of the Levin twister.

“The house violently shook and I came out here [to the lounge] in a panic. Fencing around the school was also damaged, and it would take time to restore those before the school grounds could be secured. “It’s going to take a great amount of effort to ensure all the glass is gone, so I expect our field will be out of bounds for an extended amount of time, before it can be deemed safe for the children.” “I guess it’s a once in a lifetime thing, to say you have been in the path of a tornado, especially in Levin.” A Levin school that narrowly avoided the direct path of a tornado has been showered in glass from broken windows and damage to neighbouring properties. Sisters Rhianna and Laura Sweetman, who lived next to the school, on Weraroa Rd, said the tornado ran a path between their home and a neighbouring property, destroying the garage that was lifted onto the field.

Drone pics from the Horowhenua District Council show the trail of destruction left by Friday's weather event.

The Mayoral Relief Fund will be used to help those in our community who have suffered loss and damage as a result of today’s severe weather event.” It is heartening that the Honourable Kiritapu Allan, Minister for Emergency Management, has confirmed central government will be matching our contribution,” says Wanden. Another resident said she woke to a "horrendous" noise and was then covered in glass as the tornado hit.

A shaken mother of three has recalled the horror of when the tornado which carved a path of destruction through Levin careered into her house - in the ...

I was begging for the sun to come up." As the sun rose, the extent of the damage to the rest of the house became apparent including a large portion of guttering being removed and most of the outdoor furniture being destroyed. Massive shards of glass landed beside the pair as she pulled her daughter out of the room in a hurry, and gathered the rest of her daughters. Having only the light of a phone, she huddled on the lower level of their home with her three crying and distraught young daughters as she tried to assess the eldest's injuries. She said she went to check on her oldest and youngest daughters who were in the elder girl's bedroom getting ready after the shaking began when she saw the large piece of wood spinning in circles in the air outside the bedroom. Jen Geraghty told the Herald a large piece of wood flew at her 10-year old's bedroom window on the second storey of their house as she got ready for school, showering her in glass that cut her back and legs.

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Video posted on social media showed extensive damage along Gaylord's Main Street. One building appeared to be largely collapsed and a Goodwill store was badly damaged. There were a lot of emergency vehicles heading from the east side of town.” It blew the back off the building,” he said. The whole roof is missing. “In less than five minutes it was over.” “There are roofs ripped off businesses, a row of industrial-type warehouses,” Thrasher said.

National weather service employees would later observe the tornado as well and that "lots of damage being reported around Gaylord."

The tornado hit the Horowhenua town at approximately 6.30am on Friday, damaging homes, downing power lines and ripping out trees. Daniel Haigh, Horowhenua Civil ...

If required, they will be adding placards to buildings that need them." Mayor Bernie Wanden said in a statement : “Help and support continues to be there for those that need it. "The decision to designate the area of the Horowhenua District will allow the Horowhenua District Council to manage any ongoing risks to people from buildings as a result of the event.

Tornado-damaged Levin is set for more wild weather today - 24 hours on from the surging winds which left a trail of destruction on Friday morning.

The regional forecast for Southland today includes showers, possibly heavy in the morning with hail, and snow to 700 metres. This was scary." "This was bad. "To have this mini tornado sweep across the town [on Friday] morning was quite out of the ordinary and has left quite a degree of destruction and mayhem." Yesterday, a cold snap whipped across the South Island bringing snow down to 500 metres in Southland, Clutha, Dunedin and Queenstown, and down to 800m in Canterbury. In central Otago, a partly cloudy day is on the cards with showers and snow above 700 metres. Wanden said a lot of the mess had been cleaned up but there was more to do today. "It was a red station wagon and it was just flying down the road and the wind was blowing it like nothing. Mitre 10 Levin also stepped in to assist by giving out free tarpaulins to anyone whose home was damaged in the tornado. The council called on contractors with trucks and community members with trailers to help clean up the debris and other mess left behind by yesterday's tornado. The Horowhenua District Council said today's focus was on cleaning up debris and offering welfare support to those left homeless with 30-50 homes damaged by yesterday's tornado in Levin, including about 10 of those that were uninhabitable. In Levin, residents and council contractors will continue a vast clean-up in some areas of the town today.

A tornado quickly moved through Gaylord in the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan, on Friday afternoon, according to Lt. Jim Gorno of the Michigan ...

"We don't have sirens like in other parts of the country." : "Trees and power lines blocking roadways. Emergency crews are responding."

The Michigan State Police said there were injuries but it was not yet clear how many people were hurt. Trees and power lines were blocking roads in Gaylord, ...

“There are areas that have been leveled,” he said. Scott Distler, the senior pastor at E-Free Church in Gaylord, said that the west side of the city had sustained a lot of damage. “Right through the heart of our town.” He said it appeared the entire community had been struck, including a mobile home park that he described as “pretty bad.” The house next to it is still standing but the roof’s gone.” “It’s like being inside of a snow globe,” he said. Michael Ryan, a council member who lives across the street from his colleague, Mr. Ouellette, said the tornado ripped shingles off his roof and shattered his windows. He added that it was unusual to have a tornado strike Northern Michigan. He saw trees snapped in half or torn down and downed power lines scattered throughout an area he estimated to be about four blocks by four blocks. “We couldn’t have gotten out of there without help,” he said. It’s like you’re inside of a cloud.” “I’m lucky to be alive.”

A property on Strathmore Ave was badly damaged when furniture from the lounge was torn out through the conservatory windows by the tornado.

She says the tornado tore through the town in a straight line Demand in-store is also high, with the majority of customers coming in to buy gas bottles as they have no power, or screws and rope to secure their roofs Her trampoline was missing, and the clothesline at her house was damaged. "The streetlight which is built up with steel and concrete was swaying in the wind!" Hailstones of 10-20mm and 120km/h wind gusts have been forecast." The council is urging people to stay inside and ensure their animals are also inside and safe.

Violent storms buffeting western Germany on Friday killed at least one man and injured some 40 people, 10 of them seriously, when an apparent tornado raked ...

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A tornado swept through the German city of Paderborn Friday, injuring at least 30 people, authorities said, and blew away roofs, toppled trees and sent ...

The level indicates a possibility for severe to extremely severe wind gusts, large hail, tornadoes and heavy rain, the team said. Much of northern Germany was under a threat level 3 (out of 3) for severe storms Friday, according to the European Storm Forecast Experiment. At least 10 of those injuries were serious, authorities noted.

State Police confirmed the death from Friday afternoon's twister, which damaged the city about two and a half hours north of Lansing.

As it moved into Gaylord, the Weather Service warned of a “a confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado.” It urged residents to take cover. “To the entire Gaylord community — Michigan is with you. “My heart goes out to the families and small businesses impacted by the tornado and severe weather in Gaylord,” Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) tweeted.

Ambulances were taking injured people to hospitals, though no deaths were confirmed, the State Police said.

"To the entire Gaylord community — Michigan is with you," she said. One building appeared to be largely collapsed and a Goodwill store was badly damaged. "There are roofs ripped off businesses, a row of industrial-type warehouses," Thrasher said. The whole roof is missing. Lawson said the pace of people being brought to the hospital had slowed by Friday evening. Traffic lights stopped working and emergency vehicles are the only ones around.

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The airport says they don't expect to be hit any worse. The airport says nothing has been cancelled. It had brought a period of intense rain, strong winds and hail. - Wilton St - Tawa St - Oxford St - Skye St - Tawa St - Tawa St - Wilton St - Skye St - Oxford St

Horowhenua Mayor Bernie Wanden said seven properties were severely damaged, eight had moderate damage, and 18 had minor problems. Four families spent Friday ...

Fences were down, and trees fell over a car in the driveway. The volunteers were supported by the council and businesses that contributed tools and wheelbarrows and the makings of a sausage sizzle to feed the troops. It was the neighbour’s fence slamming into the shed. A group of wāhine Māori from several agencies, who had been in the neighbourhood since 7.15am on Friday, were back on duty on Saturday looking out for people’s welfare and lending a hand. In the house, two windows were smashed, and a piece of the roof came off. Zoe said she had been in bed in the sleep-out when she heard a crash, and thought the roof had come off.

Violent storms buffeting western Germany on Friday killed at least one man and injured about 40 people, 10 of them seriously, when an apparent tornado raked ...

Many trees still lie on destroyed cars," city police said in a statement. They asked residents to stay at home. "Sheeting and insulation were blown kilometers away.