Small craft in unprotected anchorages break their moorings. Mobile homes are destroyed. Storm surge flooding destroys many smaller buildings while large buildings are damaged by floating debris. Terrain continuously lower than 10 feet above mean sea level is flooded. More extensive curtain wall failures with some complete roof failure on homes occur.
Major damage is caused to lower floors of homes and businesses from storm surge flooding.
Terrain continuously lower than 15 feet above mean sea level is flooded. There is complete roof failure of many homes and businesses as well as complete building failure of many small structures. Major storm surge flooding to lower floors of buildings located less than 20 feet above mean sea level occurs. That year, this nation's weather service began using female names for storms. By using names, confusion is reduced when exchanging information about the storms, especially when two storms are occurring at the same time.