the island, Donna caused only minor damage on St. Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands. A station there reported a wind gust of . Some fences were toppled, while several houses were reported to have been damaged or destroyed. Electrical and telephone services were also disrupted. The highest daily rainfall total on the island was , causing minor local flooding. On Saint John, several small boats capsized. While passing to the north of Puerto Rico, Donna produced winds of in San Juan. Along the north coast of the island, high tides of around and strong waves caused coastal flooding. The hurricane dropped torrential rainfall, peaking at at Naguabo in the central portion of the island. Large areas of eastern Puerto Rico received over of precipitation. The hurricane left about 2,500 people homeless on the island. Despite advanced warning of the floods, the hurricane killed 107 people on the island, of which 84 were in Humacao. In Haiti, the southern periphery of the hurricane killed three people in Port au Prince. Later, Donna brushed the north coast of Cuba with strong winds and heavy rainfall, causing damage along much of the coast. In Gibara, the storm wrecked 80 houses. Turks and Caicos and Bahamas On Grand Turk in the Turks and Caicos, Donna produced winds of , as the strongest winds remained north of the island. However, the storm dropped heavy rainfall of over , much of which fell in a 12‑hour period. Despite the rains, damage there was minor. In the Bahamas, the anemometer at Ragged Island blew away after registering a wind gust. At Mayaguana, where residents evacuated to a missile tracking base, hurricane-force winds raged for 13 hours. The winds largely destroyed the village of Abraham's Bay on the island. Andros experienced hurricane-force winds for a few hours, and winds on Fortune Island were estimated at before the anemometer blew away. The strongest winds remained south of the northwestern Bahamas, which limited damage there. Donna cut communications between several islands. Several small island communities in the southern Bahamas were leveled. North Caicos reported of rainfall in 24 hours. United States There were 50 people reported dead in the United States, with damages totaling to $3.35 billion. Donna crossed directly over United States Air Force radar station Texas Tower 4, causing severe damage to the structure and leading to its eventual loss in January 1961. Donna was the