Cyclone Oma is continuing to lash New Caledonia's far north.
The storm has cut electricity to nearly 3000 homes, downed trees and flooded roads as it nears the territory.
At 10 am New Caledonia time it was situated at 19.5 degrees south, 162.6 degrees east about 110 kilometres west of Belep.
Oma is moving south westwards at 15km/h.
New Caledonia's weather service said gusts of up to 140 kilometres an hour had been recorded at Belep and Poingam
Oma is expected to strengthen slightly as it moves away from the territory.
Heavy rain and strong winds of up to 150 kilometres an hour in the far north are expected.
In the south 100 kilometre and hour gusts are forecast.
Civil defence authorities have placed the far north on alert level two while the rest of the of the territory is on pre-alert.
Earlier, the Civil Security department said a child was injured by loose sheet metal in the town of Pouébo, but did not require evacuation to hospital.
The French met service said Tropical Cyclone Oma had become a depression, but the Fiji and New Zealand met services say the system is still a cyclone.
Oma caused damage in Vanuatu's northern provinces and the south of Solomon Islands over the weekend.