Tropical Depression One (1993)

extratropical

extratropical.^[6] It strengthened slightly to reach gale-force winds as an extratropical storm, and persisted until early on June 3.^[1]

Bahamas. The agency also advised small craft in Cuba and the Cayman Islands to remain at port.^[7] The depression was the first tropical cyclone threat to south Florida since Hurricane Andrew nine months prior, although officials noted the depression's winds were no cause for concern.^[8]

Victoria de Las Tunas, a rainfall total of 8.6 inches (22 cm) set the new record most rainfall in 24 hours. The rainfall caused flooding of rivers and lakes behind dams, and in some places, residents required rescue from the roofs of their houses.^[10] Officials forced the evacuation of 40,000 people in several provinces, and across the country, the storm destroyed 1,860 homes and damaged 16,500 more.^[11] The flooding blocked mountainous highways in Santiago de Cuba Province, and in Las Tunas Province railway lines were damaged.^[10] Widespread crop damage occurred just two months after the Storm of the Century left similar heavy damage. The flooding damaged 87 sugar production centers.^[11] The depression killed seven people in the country with another five missing, as reported by a newspaper on the day after the depression left the island.^[10] After the storm passed, the Cuban government activated the Civil Defense, while National Relief Services worked to rescue all people affected by the flooding.^[11] Elsewhere along its path, heavy rainfall was reported in Jamaica, Hispaniola, and southern Florida.^[1] In Haiti, the rainfall caused 13 deaths and left thousands of livestock killed.^[12] In Florida, the precipitation peaked at 9.99 inches (25.4 cm) in Canal Point near Lake Okeechobee.^[9] Another high total was 9.4 inches (24 cm) in Tavernier,^[1] and the precipitation as a whole alleviated drought conditions.^[13]