Piper Alpha was an oil production platform in the North Sea approximately north-east of Aberdeen , Scotland , that was operated Being_in_operation by Occidental Petroleum ( Caledonia ) Limited .

The system subsequently started Process_start to move Motion towards the southeast during December 29 , in response Response to a strengthening Cause_change_of_strength steering flow , provided Supply by an upper level trough of low pressure and a baroclinic system near New Caledonia .

The system was subsequently last noted Know during January 4 , while it was located to the southeast of New Caledonia .

Cyclone Ivy also affected Influence the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia with rainfall Motion , and later it produced Manufacturing high waves in New Zealand that killed Killing two people .

Severe Tropical Cyclone Erica ( RSMC Nadi designation : 10F , JTWC designation : 23P ) of March 2003 was a powerful cyclone Catastrophe that severely affected Influence New Caledonia and was considered the worst to affect Influence the country since Cyclone Beti .

On the same day Erica paralleled the coast of New Caledonia before making landfall on the southern end of the island at L'Île-des-Pins .

Cyclone Erica severely impacted Influence the island nation of New Caledonia , causing Causation intense winds and heavy rain .

Erica caused Causation $ 15 million ( 2003 USD ) in damages Damaging , primarily on New Caledonia .

The outdoor events were generally held Hold in forest environments around Victoria , Australia , with some events held in Queensland and overseas in New Caledonia .

The cyclone Catastrophe turned Motion southeastward and moved back Motion into the South Pacific basin on 4 January , before it passed Motion_directional over New Caledonia between 5–6 January .

After affecting Influence New Caledonia , Rewa weakened Cause_change_of_strength to a tropical depression and turned Motion northwestward before re-entering Arriving the Australian basin on 10 January .

The cyclone Catastrophe caused Causation the deaths Death of 22 people on its course , affecting Influence parts of the Solomon Islands , Papua New Guinea , Eastern Australia , New Caledonia , Vanuatu and New Zealand .

One death Death took place Process_start in New Caledonia , while flooding Catastrophe caused Causation eight drownings Death in Papua New Guinea .