Tornado weather conditions will linger around motu today

And there was also a tornado in the Tasman District west of Nelson yesterday afternoon. About 1.20pm -- sixteen hours after the east Auckland twister -- a tornado damaged about 50 homes, most of them in the Upper Moutere area. A tree also fell onto a car with a person inside in Mapua, but they escaped with minor abrasions Nathan Rarere spoke with Metservice meteorologist Alec Holden about what's causing these tornados.