It meandered in the northern Coral Sea for the next week, strengthening to a Category 3 severe tropical cyclone on 16 November.

It posed a threat to the Australian Cape York Peninsula, but remained offshore, and finally dissipated on 20 November.

On 12 November, a weak tropical low developed within the Solomon Sea, near the Papua New Guinean island of New Britain.

[4] The system subsequently either passed near or over the south-eastern tip of New Guinea and moved into the north-western Coral Sea, where it quickly developed further with the aid of a south-easterly wind surge.

[4][5] As a result, the United States Joint Typhoon Warning Center initiated advisories on the system and designated it as Tropical Cyclone 02P during 13 October.

TCWC Brisbane downgraded Guba below tropical cyclone strength, and issued its last advisory early on 20 November.

As a tropical low, the precursor to Guba brought torrential rains to portions of Papua New Guinea, leading to widespread landslides and flooding.

The Rabaraba district in Milne Bay Province was also hit by flooding, with 30 houses and food gardens washed away, and forcing the evacuation of about 100 people.

The Papua New Guinea Defence Force and local United Nations officials will assist in the relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts.