New Caledonia braces for cyclonic flooding, huge waves

New Caledonia was bracing for high winds, massive waves, and heavy rain as a powerful cyclone bore down on the French South Pacific territory on Monday.Cyclone Cook had already swept through Vanuatu as a Category one storm over the weekend, causing flooding.The storm was forecast to strengthen to a destructive Category four, one rung below the most dangerous wind speed level, before it makes landfall in New Caledonia on Monday afternoon local time, Fiji's Meteorological Service predicted.