Tracking Cyclone Oma

If Tropical Cyclone Oma collides with New Zealand the destruction will be “devastating” and similar to that of Cyclones Fehi and Gita, MetService says. However, predictions are still unclear as to where the slow-moving system is tracking. Meteorologist William Nepe said the category two system was near New Caledonia at the moment, where winds were blowing at 92km/h. “There is still a great deal of uncertainty as to where it will track . . . It could either go west towards Australia or come east towards New Zealand.” The power of the cyclone, if it hit New Zealand, would be similar to that of Cyclone Gita and Fehi which pounded the country last year. The cyclone should continue to move south-southwest today and tomorrow, to lie over the southern Coral Sea by the end of tomorrow.