SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Cyclone Oma intensified to a damaging category three storm, Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology said Wednesday, warning that it could bring severe weather to the continent after hitting the Pacific Islands. In the early hours of Wednesday Oma produced winds of up to 185 kilometers (115 miles) per hour, roughly equivalent to a category one hurricane. It is currently gusting far off the Australian coast, having passed New Caledonia, where high winds […]