Updated: 7:35am – Some National Park Village residents of severely damaged homes in will be allowed to inspect their properties today after a tornado tore through yesterday, ripping away roofing and cutting power.
Search and Rescue said last night 18 homes were uninhabitable in the central North Island hamlet yesterday and six others required further assessment.
Ruapehu District Council chief executive Clive Manley said most of the cordoned off properties were holiday houses and owners would be allowed to check the damage today.
“We would initially do it under supervision just to make sure that they are safe, but some of those properties that have been deemed safe they would be accessed in with insurance or, you know, builders.”
-RNZ
Featured image: The storm tore down this road sign at National Park Village in the Central Plateau. Photo: RNZ / Andrew McRae
