Tropical Depression Fourteen (1987)

Tropical Depression Fourteen

Tropical Depression Fourteen as it approached Jamaica
Meteorological history
Formed	October 31, 1987
Dissipated	November 4, 1987
Tropical depression
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS)
Highest winds	35 mph (55 km/h)
Lowest pressure	1004 mbar (hPa); 29.65 inHg
Overall effects
Fatalities	6 direct
Damage	$1.8 million (1987 USD)
Areas affected	Florida, Cuba, Jamaica
IBTrACS
Part of the 1987 Atlantic hurricane season

Tropical Depression Fourteen was the last tropical depression of the 1987 Atlantic hurricane season and was the third most destructive storm of the year. The depression formed on October 31, 1987, in the Caribbean Sea, heading along a northward path into the southern Gulf of Mexico and into Florida until the system was absorbed on November 4. The path and damage from the depression followed a similar path to Hurricane Floyd earlier in October. The depression peaked in intensity with wind speeds of 35 mph (56 km/h) on November 1 with a minimal barometric pressure reading of 1,004 millibars (29.6 inHg). However, certain barometric readings have considered that the depression may have become a tropical storm.

The depression in the time affected several cities and parishes in Jamaica and Cuba, along with causing significant rainfall in southern Florida. Jamaica was the area hardest hit by the depression, claiming the lives of six people and causing about $1.802 million (1987 USD, $3 million in 2009 USD) in damage. The depression caused floods that washed out villages, roads and bridges and caused dozens of landslides on the island. The island also had several rivers overflow including the Rio Minho and Rio Dogna.^[1] The damage caused by the tropical depression was comparable to previous flood in June 1986.^[2]