{"id":509329,"date":"2026-07-04T10:37:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T10:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/509329\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T10:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T10:37:11","slug":"roofs-lifted-after-mini-tornado-tears-through-richmond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/509329\/","title":{"rendered":"Roofs lifted after &#8216;mini tornado&#8217; tears through Richmond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  [&amp;_p]:tit-sub-xl tit-sub-xl md:[&amp;_p]:d-tit-sub-xl md:d-tit-sub-xl mb-[1.3rem]\">Two houses have been damaged after a miniature tornado tore through Richmond, south of Nelson, today. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Photos of two properties with their roofs lifted were posted to social media by the Richmond Volunteer Fire Brigade this evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">&#8220;Two dwellings suffered damage from a mini tornado that came through Richmond today,&#8221; the fire brigade said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">&#8220;Thankfully no one was hurt and we were able to secure the roof for the occupants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">&#8220;Stay safe out there in the wild weather.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/a-firefighter-securing-a-roof-damaged-by-a-miniature-tornado-CQUNVRCJPVCFPD5RQEQZ4EMDBQ.jpg\" alt=\"A firefighter securing a roof damaged by a miniature tornado in Richmond, south of Nelson. (Source: Richmond Volunteer Fire Brigade)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-hi5x8q-0 cWTYyG image-metadata\">A firefighter securing a roof damaged by a miniature tornado in Richmond, south of Nelson. (Source: Richmond Volunteer Fire Brigade) (Source: Supplied)<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">One Facebook user said the tornado &#8220;whizzed past us in Fauchelle&#8221;, adding that the wind was &#8220;very strong&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Another said their garage had its cladding &#8220;torn off&#8221; and fencing was &#8220;taken out&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">&#8220;The noise was horrendous.&#8221; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two houses have been damaged after a miniature tornado tore through Richmond, south of Nelson, today. Photos of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,2224,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-509329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-tasman","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}