 Later on January 10 , Anne directly passed over Vanuatu 's Torres Islands and came within 65 km ( 40 mi ) of Ureparapara in the Banks Islands . The cyclone continued to move to the south @-@ southwest and affected the northern islands of Vanautu . Early on January 11 , the FMS reported that Anne had peaked , with estimated 10 @-@ minute sustained winds near its center of 185 km / h ( 115 mph ) , equivalent to a Category 4 severe tropical cyclone on the Australian scale . At around the same time the JTWC reported that Anne had peak 1 @-@ minute peak sustained winds of 260 km / h ( 160 mph ) , which made it equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane on the SSHWS . This made it one of the most intense tropical cyclones of the 1980s . Over the next day , Cyclone Anne turned south and rapidly weakened as it encountered upper @-@ level wind shear , approaching the French overseas territory of New Caledonia . Late on January 12 , Anne weakened into a modern @-@ day Category 2 tropical cyclone , before it made landfall on New Caledonia about 110 km ( 70 mi ) to the north @-@ northwest of Noumea . After the cyclone re @-@ emerged into the Coral Sea , the JTWC downgraded Anne to tropical storm status . Later on January 13 , Cyclone Anne started to interact with Cyclone Agi , which had rapidly moved south @-@ eastward towards the " relatively deeper " Anne . Agi had developed two days prior near the Louisiade Archipelago , about 1 @,@ 200 km ( 745 mi ) northwest of Cyclone Anne . Early on January 14 , Anne weakened into a depression and subsequently dissipated southeast of New Caledonia as it was caught up in the upper westerly flow . 
