This is the dramatic moment a whirlwind ripped through a football game - sending terrified players fleeing for safety.

Supercells are the Powerhouses Tornadoes are some of the most awe-inspiring and destructive forces of nature. They often ...

rain-wrapped tornadoes can sometimes form with little warning when they're embedded in long squall lines of severe thunderstorms, even if no supercell thunderstorms develop. In some supercell ...

Nick Beerthound, an unsettled resident and worried neighbour, tells the Herald about his experience through the 'tornado'-like winds in Mangawhai overnight. Video / NZ Herald Thirty-five homes ...

The damage was some of the worst he had seen from a tornado, Henwood added. "Roofs off houses, trees into houses, trees snapped like twigs, power poles, the concrete power poles all snapped and broken ...

Mangawhai residents have been left in shock after a tornado tore through the Northland community at about 3am this morning. The damaged caused cut power to almost 5000 homes overnight, and about 1000 ...

Power lines are down and there are widespread outages following a chaotic tornado that ripped through Mangawhai overnight. Video / Hayden Woodward, Dean Purcell. Images / Supplied A Mangawhai ...

Jack and Rosanna Furse had their garden wall torn down by the strong winds. A "mini tornado" that swept through Cornwall - tearing down trees, walls and roof tiles as it went - has left villagers ...

Forming in the supercell 5km out of Kaimkillenbun, a tornado was also seen by residents, and storm chaser Justin Noonan captured stunning footage as the funnel formed and touched the ground.