TW C ) ▁also ▁issued ▁warnings ▁in ▁an ▁uno fficial ▁capacity . ▁ ▁Several ▁of ▁the ▁storm s ▁in ▁the ▁season ▁affected ▁the ▁island ▁of ▁Rod rig ues , ▁an ▁outer ▁island ▁of ▁Maur it ius ; ▁however , ▁only ▁one ▁– ▁Trop ical ▁De pression ▁L id y ▁– ▁caused ▁damage ▁after ▁dro pping ▁heavy ▁ra inf all . ▁The ▁season ▁as ▁a ▁whole ▁was ▁much ▁less ▁dam aging ▁than ▁the ▁preceding ▁season . ▁There ▁were ▁ 5 8   days ▁in ▁which ▁a ▁storm ▁or ▁cy clone ▁was ▁active , ▁ 1 7 ▁above ▁normal . ▁There ▁were ▁ 1 1   system s ▁that ▁became ▁moder ate ▁tropical ▁storm s , ▁two ▁above ▁the ▁normal ▁of ▁ 9 . ▁The ▁six ▁tropical ▁cycl ones ▁– ▁a ▁storm ▁with ▁wind s ▁of ▁ 1 2 0   km / h ▁( 7 5   m ph ) ▁– ▁was ▁also ▁above ▁the ▁average ▁of ▁five . ▁ ▁Systems ▁ ▁In ten se ▁Trop ical ▁Cy clone ▁Albert ine ▁ ▁The ▁inter t rop ical ▁convergence ▁zone ▁( IT C Z ) ▁became ▁active ▁toward ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁November , ▁sp aw ning ▁a ▁low ▁pressure ▁area ▁on ▁November   2 3 ▁about ▁ 4 0 0   km ▁( 2 5 0   mi ) ▁east ▁of ▁Diego ▁Gar cia . ▁This ▁system ▁quickly ▁organized ▁into ▁a ▁tropical ▁disturb ance , ▁a ided ▁by ▁favor able ▁conditions . ▁On ▁November   2 4 , ▁the ▁J TW C ▁began ▁class ifying