The gusts reached 220 km / h.
This Sunday, the inhabitants of New Caledonia noted the damage caused by Cyclone Niran which hit the archipelago.
According to the emergency services, the still provisional toll shows one injured person and numerous material damage.
A child was hit by shards of a bay window.
Torn roofs were reported in the town of Dumbéa on the outskirts of Nouméa and around 20,000 inhabitants were deprived of electricity.
In Nouméa, more than 400 people have found refuge in accommodation centers.
“Niran caused a lot of damage to the electricity grid and to vegetation.
It is above all the winds that have been violent and destructive, the rains have affected the reliefs with 50 mm over the past six hours, ”a civil security spokesperson told AFP.
Niran, a category 4 cyclone, hit the South Pacific archipelago from the north, before descending along the west coast, to Noumea in the late afternoon on Saturday.
At 6:00 p.m. (8:00 a.m. in Paris), the cyclone was 30 km south of Nouméa and was gradually evacuating to the south-east to move towards the Isle of Pines.