tropical depression tropical depression brought severe flooding jamaica june second tropical cyclone atlantic hurricane season depression developed tropical wave south june tracking generally northward depression passed west jamaica june depression peaked maximum sustained winds mph having reached tropical storm status following day landfall cuba minimal impact recorded early june depression emerged western atlantic_ocean moved parallel east coast florida days depression landfall south_carolina june dissipated shortly slow movement depression west jamaica resulted torrential rainfall peaking friendship city parish western jamaica homes destroyed severely damage people left homeless city submerged months crops electricity buildings railways suffered damage disaster deaths approximately million usd damage depression brought heavy precipitation cuba bahamas farther north light rainfall rough seas plagued east_coast united_states individual south_carolina went missing later presumed died boat torn loose meteorological history tropical wave emerged atlantic_ocean west coast africa minimal development occurred wave tracked westward atlantic caribbean_sea june system began interact stationary trough low pressure western caribbean_sea based ship land observations tropical depression developed utc day located miles south initially depression forecast northwestward mph instead drifted northeast minimal intensification occurred satellite imagery weather stations reconnaissance aircraft indicated depression remained tropical storm status utc june depression attained maximum sustained wind speeds mph early june satellite weather radar showed heavy rainbands moving jamaica eastern cuba interaction islands depression weakened slightly later june storm landfall near venezuela cuba winds mph moving northward emerged atlantic_ocean near santa early day utc june system strengthened attained maximum sustained wind speed mph despite moving open waters depression failed intensify operationally system thought landfall east central florida later analysis revealed center remained water depression continued northward striking near charleston south_carolina late june intensity degenerated remnant low pressure area hours later remnants continued northeastward mid-atlantic new_england dissipating fully june impact depression slow movement resulted torrential rainfall island jamaica precipitation peaked inches friendship located parish flooding began shelters open parish residents area forced evacuate boats makeshift flooding ruined crops sugar cane percent harvested suffered million usd damage estimated million million lost worth nearly million total agricultural interests incurred million damage chiefly storm affected estimated roadways impacted highway completely washed bridges collapsed sustained damage increasing height volume led debris flow created deposit sediments near mouth river valley areas temporary lakes formed small dams cities exeter submerged flooding inundated water disaster completely months later resulted extreme damage complete loss crops livestock household possessions extensive impact property reported including electricity buildings railways conservative estimate million damage homes severely damaged destroyed people left homeless overall deaths approximately million damage following storm parishes considered disaster areas task force established prime minister reconstruction efforts families total people required assistance food supplies weeks called construction new houses left homeless houses constructed people rendered homeless erected local authorities guidance response disaster government jamaica established july depression remnants brought rainfall high tides eastern united_states south_carolina precipitation peaked coast waves reached height strong tear boat person listed missing later presumed died
Tropical Depression One (1979)