New Zealand Tornado

• Rare tornado kills three in New Zealand's largest city

  An unusually destructive tornado swept through neighborhoods around New Zealand's largest city on Thursday, killing three people and forcing 250 more to evacuate damaged and powerless homes.

• New Zealand's largest city hit by tornado

  A tornado ripped across part of New Zealand's largest city on Tuesday, upturning cars and sending debris slicing through the air, witnesses and news reports said. At least one person was killed and about 20 injured, a hospital official said.The swirling dark-gray column of air and cloud cut a 3-mile (5-kilometer) path across the Auckland suburb of ...