A construction worker seeking cover in a portacom during an Auckland tornado died when the wind funnel hurled the structure through the air, a coroner has found.
Coroner Katherine Greig has released her findings into the 2011 death of Benedict Dacayan.
He was working as a quantity surveyor for Fletcher Construction at an Albany building site when a tornado tore through on May 3.
Wind speeds were estimated to have reached 150km/h to 200km/h.
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