A road sign lies on the pavement on Wallingford Way, the worse hit street in Hobsonville, Auckland on December 6, 2012 after packed wind gusts of up to 110 kilometres (70 miles) per hour, struck suburban Hobsonville in the afternoon. A freak storm described by police as a tornado hit New Zealand's largest city Auckland on December 6 causing 'utter devastation', with three people reportedly killed in ferocious winds. AFP PHOTO / Michael Bradley