 Throughout the latter half of January , thunderstorms persisted in the Mozambique Channel . On January 12 , the MFR classified an area of convection as Tropical Disturbance 3 , although the agency ceased issuing advisories on the next day . Convection persisted , with an associated exposed circulation as of January 22 . Two days later , the MFR issued one bulletin on the system before dropping advisories . The JTWC tracked the system as an area of potential development until January 26 , when the thunderstorms weakened . The disturbance brought heavy rainfall to southwestern Madagascar , which followed a prolonged drought . In Morombe , rainfall over 36 hours accumulated to the average yearly total . This caused flooding and damage to crops and preceded devastating flooding that affected the nation over the subsequent months . 
