mid-level ridge of high pressure and affected the French Territory of New Caledonia. Both RSMC Nadi and JTWC subsequently estimated that the system had reached its peak sustained winds of , which made it a category 2 tropical cyclone on the Australian scale. Tropical Cyclone Kofi On February 24, RSMC Nadi reported that Tropical Depression 15F had developed about west of Nadi, Fiji. This was quite close to Tropical Depression 14F, and JTWC appear to have regarded them as the same system. There had also been severe flooding in Central and Eastern parts of Fiji Islands on February 27. During Kofi's duration, the system submerged many homes in the Fiji Islands. The strengthened to Category 1 as it approached Tonga on 1 March, causing sea flooding but no major damage. Severe Tropical Cyclone Lusi Early on March 7, RSMC Nadi reported that Tropical Disturbance 18F had developed about to the west of Nadi, Fiji. Over the next two days the system moved towards the north-northwest and slowly consolidated, as atmospheric convection wrapped into the systems low level circulation center, before RSMC Nadi reported during March 9, that the system had developed into a tropical depression. It later strengthened into a category 1 tropical cyclone. The system killed 10 people in Vanuatu and damaged or destroyed 40 structures. The remnants of the system impacted New Zealand, causing NZ$4 million of damage. Tropical Cyclone Mike On March 12, RSMC Nadi reported that Tropical Disturbance 19F had developed about to the southeast of Pago Pago, American Samoa. Over the next few days the system gradually developed further before early on March 19, RSMC Nadi reported the system had become a category 1 tropical cyclone on the Australian scale and named it Mike. The JTWC subsequently initiated advisories on the system and assigned it the designation Tropical Cyclone 20P. Later that day RSMC Nadi and the JTWC issued their final advisories on Mike, as it moved below 25S and transitioned into an extratropical cyclone. The extra-tropical remnants of the cyclone were subsequently monitored by TCWC Wellington, until they were last noted during March 24, while they were located over to the east of Wellington, New Zealand. Other systems The first numbered tropical disturbance of the year developed within an area of low vertical wind shear, to the southeast of the Solomon Islands on October 19. The system subsequently moved westwards as a small compact