Fire and Emergency received 34 calls for assistance in the hour following the tornado which hit about 9pm.<\/p>\n
Most of the calls relate to roofs lifting or being damaged, trees blown onto houses, and trees falling on powerlines.<\/p>\n
Fire and Emergency has not received reports of anyone trapped or injured, but Shift Manager Josh Pennefather at Fire and Emergency’s Northern Communications Centre, says Urban Search and Rescue teams are on standby in case rescues are required.<\/p>\n
“Call 111 if your safety is at risk, or your property has been damaged and you need help.”<\/p>\n
The reports of damage are all in the area from Golflands to East Tamaki, and include Tamaki Heights, Flatbush and Huntington Park.<\/p>\n
As a precaution Civil Defence has opened a centre for people to stay if their homes are damaged.<\/p>\n
Duty Group Controller Mace Ward said people can go to the Howick Leisure Centre on 563 Pakuranga Road.<\/p>\n
People should bring medications, food and nappies for their babies, and warm clothing.<\/p>\n
He also asks people to stay away from the East Tamaki to Botany area so fire crews can do their work.<\/p>\n
On social media a person described seeing a “mini-tornado” go past their house in east Tamaki, although it did not cause any damage.<\/p>\n
Another said their home in Erne Crescent in East Tamaki was hit.<\/p>\n
One woman in Flatbush wrote on Facebook, “Witnessed it first hand … a little damage to one of our cars … fences and trees downed in some parts of the neighbourhood.”<\/p>\n
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