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Tornado leaves at least 1 dead in New Zealand

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-05-03 13:16
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand - At least one person was believed dead and seven were injured after a freak tornado ripped through a shopping mall in the north of New Zealand's largest city of Auckland Tuesday.

Police and emergency services were responding to reports of a tornado that caused damage through the Auckland districts of Albany and Birkenhead.

Parts of the roof of the Albany Mall were damaged, said a police statement.

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