America's Cup: Media Trials get underway but miss nearby tornado

10:36 AM Tue 3 May 2011 GMT

'John Bertrand (AUS) - Day 4 - America's Cup Trials' Gilles Martin-Raget/Oracle Racing.com Click Here to view large photo

Testing continued in Auckland for the second week of the America's Cup Regatta Management and Media Trials under cloudy skies, torrential rain and moderate, if gusty winds - including a nearby tornado. The freak storm struck Auckland's North Shore as the AC45's were returning from the session about 3.30. A man was killed in Albany. The tornado with winds estimated at 220km/hr crossed the Waitemata to the west of the Harbour Bridge, a mile or so away from the ACRM base in Auckland's Viaduct Harbour. The Race Committee ran fleet races today and for the first time, China Team was ...

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by America's Cup Media and Sail-World