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Tropical Storm Gordon


November 16, 1994 at landfall: Cape Coral
Tropical storm at landfall

Winds: 45 kts
Storm surge: (
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/1994gordon.html) Storm total rainfall amounts of 6 to 9 inches occurred over most of the eastern third of the peninsula, with totals to almost 11 inches in Volusia county, 12 or 13 inches over portions of southern and northern Dade county and as high as 15 or 16 inches in some locations in Broward county.
Damage description:

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hurricane-gordon-is-born

·        About 500,000 residents of southern Florida lost electrical power because of Gordon and the region's strawberry crop was virtually wiped out

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/1994gordon.html

·        There was a total of 8 deaths in Florida directly attributable to Gordon

·        This tornado also caused 40 injuries (six people hospitalized, two serious injuries).

·        Most of Gordon's damage was due to fresh water flooding of agricultural areas (vegetables and tropical fruits were the most severely affected crops) in Dade and Collier Counties

·        Gordon caused an estimated $275 million in agricultural losses in Florida. Insured property damage, not including that covered by the Federal Flood Insurance Program, is estimated at $60 million

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