The second storm on the 16th brought winds of over 100 km/hr.

A trail of wrecked houses and farm buildings extended north from Whangarei and Dargaville to as far up the peninsula as people live. Damage to homes was particularly heavy at Maungaturoto, Kawakawa, Kaikohe, Kaeo, and Maungakaramea. Five churches and three halls in the Far North were destroyed, and many other buildings were damaged.

20 schools were damaged.

Farm losses included wrecked cowsheds, pig sties, hay sheds, fences and large woolsheds.

Large trees, gum trees and macrocarpa were uprooted.

At least 11 cows were killed. Some cows were killed by falling trees and others were electrocuted by falling power lines.

There was widespread disruption over 6000 square miles (15,540 km^2) of telephone and electric power circuits due to wind-twisted lines, trees falling on lines and snapped poles. Electricity was cut to most of the towns in the Far North area.

Roads all over Northland were temporarily blocked by fallen trees.

Several people were injured. A 43-year-old man fell from the top of a power pole and broke both ankles.

Thousands of pounds of damage was done to public and private property.

The cyclone caused damage in all of Northland's native kauri forests.

The wind was northeasterly.

All navigation beacons in the Bay of Islands were destroyed and launch jetties at Paihia, Russell and Opua were damaged.

Driftwood made the harbour dangerous. Huge logs and masses of debris were swept onto all beaches at Paihia, Russell and Opua.

At Bay of Islands Harbour, winds reached 150 mph (241 km/hr).

The winds de-roofed homes and cowsheds and pushed over fences.

Trees were levelled.

Cape Reinga recorded winds of 112 mph (180 km/hr).

The centre of the cyclone passed just to the north of Cape Reinga.

The Service Station at Horeke was lifted by the wind and dumped in Hokianga Harbour. A garage was also lifted and moved.

One home was completely de-roofed and a roof at Northland College was destroyed. Tiles were carried off state housing. A new cowshed built at a cost of £1500 ($59,000 2008 dollars) had its roof carried away.

At Kaikohe Aerodome, winds reached 85 mph (137 km/hr).

Kaikohe recorded a peak wind gust of 69 knots (128 km/hr) on the 14th, at 090 degrees true.

Hundreds of pine and blue gum trees fell over roads.

Kaitata Aerodrome recorded a peak wind gust of 96 knots (178 km/hr) on the 14th, at 080 degrees true.

Practically every tiled roof in Kaitaia was damaged and chimneys were blown down. Sheds were flattened and two classrooms at Kaitaia College were flattened. The fire station alarm tower and a large wooden carriers depot were demolished. Half of the roof iron was ripped off the Central Private Hotel.

Streams and rivers were red with mud.

Kaitaia was completely cut off by telephone. On the main Awanui-Kaitaia road, telegraph poles hung across fences.

Kawakawa houses were unroofed. Farm buildings were destroyed and verandahs were blown down.

Many orchardists faced ruin. A third of the citrus orchards in Kerikeri were destroyed and half the tamarillo crop was lost. Many haystacks were ruined. An estimated 50% of the tree tomato crop and 33% of the citrus crop for the coming season were ruined.

Crop losses were expected to equate to £4000 ($157,000 2008 dollars).

Roofs were torn off houses, the front verandah of one house was torn off and a cowshed was de-roofed.

Dozens of trees were felled and carried power and telephone lines with them.

Four churches were wrecked at Mangonui.

A new home at Maraeroa received a severe buffeting and needed to be pulled down and rebuilt.

At Maungakaramea, two houses were de-roofed and written-off. Several garages lost their roofs and chimneys were toppled and crashed through some roofs. A woolshed was blown down. Woolsheds, milking sheds, pig styes, hay barns and fowl houses all suffered.

Hundreds of trees were uprooted.

Power and telephone services were cut.

At Maungaturoto, the chimney of the teachers hostel was blown down and damaged the roof. Farm buildings were also blown down and unroofed.

A 40-ft (12-m) pine tree fell across a home at Okaihau. A small dwelling was de-roofed, the golf club pavilion was de-roofed and a portion of the Okaihau Hotel roof was hurled into the air. A 24 ft by 16 ft (7.3 x 4.9 m) shed was lifted bodily and a Limonite factory was blown down.

A garage was blown over at Onerahi.

At Opito Bay, a fleet of launches and runabouts worth £3000 ($118,000 2008 dollars) was a complete write-off.

The cyclone caused damage to exotic forest in Puhipuhi.

A dairy cow was electrocuted an Rawene.

A goods shed was blown from Rawene jetty to the sea.

30 macrocarpa trees were brought down at Ruatangata.

Commercial glass houses at Russell were shattered. A £1000 ($39,400 2008 dollars) glasshouse was demolished.

A portion of Tuhirangi Hall was unroofed.

At Tanekaha, a 12-year-old boy narrowly escaped being electrocuted.

Five cows were electrocuted when power lines were blown down on to a cowshed.

Four cows were killed at Taumarere when a large tree fell on them.

A 28-foot (8.5-m) launch was blown onto rocks at Tutukaka and severely damaged. Three other launches were also washed ashore.

At Umawera, a pine tree was blown out at the roots, causing a home to be de-roofed and a truck flattened.

A garage was flattened, a chimney was blown off a house and a cowshed roof was blown more than 1/4 mile (400 m) away.

The cyclone caused damage to exotic forest in Waitangi.

A large garage in Whangarei was partly demolished. A large garage attached to the Whangarei Cooperative Dairy Company's factory was blown down. Chimneys came down in Maunu. Six business premises had their doors blown open by the wind and several windows blown in. A church in Kamo was severely damaged. A large plate glass window at Whau Valley shopping centre was blown in.

A Maunu glasshouse valued at £6000 ($236,000 2008 dollars) was destroyed.

The tomato crop inside the glasshouse was lost.

A man broke his leg when he fell from a power pole.

Fruit losses at Henderson were heavy.