4 severe tropical cyclone,. During February 5, the system passed about to the west of Niue, as it started to weaken and started to transition into an extratropical cyclone. The system completed this transition during February 8, before the remnants were last noted during February 10 after they had performed a small clockwise loop. Cyclone Ofa affected seven different island nations and caused gales or much stronger winds in six of those countries which resulted in damage ranging from moderate to very severe. Storm tide from the cyclone which is the combined effect of storm surge and high tide caused havoc in several countries and was the major cause of destruction. Overall the system killed at least eight people while it was estimated that the overall damage would amount to over with damage totals of at least and in Western and American Samoa. Tropical Cyclone Nancy On January 31, the FMS reported that a tropical depression had moved south-eastwards into the basin from the Australian region and named it Nancy, after it had become a category 1 tropical cyclone on the Australian scale. During that day, Nancy recurved south-westwards around the southern extension of an upper-level trough of low pressure and moved back into the Australian region. The system subsequently re-entered the basin as an extratropical cyclone on February 6, before it dissipated to the west of New Zealand on February 8. While the system was located within the basin, the FMS reported that the system had peaked as a category 1 tropical cyclone, with 10-minute sustained winds of . The JTWC also monitored the system while it was in the basin and estimated that Nancy had peak 1-minute sustained winds of , which made it equivalent to a category 1 hurricane on the SSHWS. The BoM later reanalysed the system and found that it had peaked as a category 2 tropical cyclone, with 10-minute sustained winds of while it was located within the basin. Samoa Depression On February 6, the FMS reported that a depression had developed, within the South Pacific Convergence Zone near the islands of Tuvalu. Over the next few days the system was steered towards the southeast by a north-westerly steering flow on the eastern side of an upper-level trough of low pressure. As the depression moved towards the southeast it passed in between Western Samoa and the northern islands of Tonga before it came very