A "freak gust of wind" has ripped the roof off a Northland house and sent it hurtling into a neighbouring property.
Emergency service were called to Coopers Creek about 2.30pm after the wind tore through the town and lifted the roof off a State Highway 10 house.
A man who lives on next door said it made a "horrendous" noise and smashed into the side of his house, destroying his glass doors.
MetService meteorologist John Law said the radars had not picked up any tornado activity in that area, but said it was "not out of the question".
By Anna Leask and Scott Yeoman of the New Zealand Herald
