Tornado slices through Ohope, uprooting trees, smashing windows

A tornado cut a swathe through the Bay of Plenty seaside town of Ohope on Monday, uprooting trees, smashing windows, lifting roof tiles, damaging fences and moving a trampoline. It blew up as a low pressure system, described by MetService as “significant”, moved across the North Island. Pictures on the Ohope Volunteer Fire Brigade’s Facebook…