Futuna Island
As the system developed into a tropical cyclone during March 14, gale warnings were issued for the French territory of Wallis and Futuna. The system at this time was located about to the northwest of Futuna Island and subsequently accelerated, towards the south-southeast and passed near the island during the next day. Cyclone Hina was the second of four tropical cyclones to affect Wallis and Futuna in a ten-month period, after Cyclone Gavin had severely damaged food crops ten days earlier and Cyclones Keli and Ron affected the islands during June 1997 and January 1998. During March 15 as Hina affected the islands, winds of and were recorded at Hihifo on Wallis and Maopoopo on Futuna respectively. Rainfall totals of and were also recorded at Maopoopo and in Point Vele respectively. Hina caused no significant damage on Walls Island, while it caused some damage to the remaining crops and destroyed parts of the road on Futuna Island.