North Carolina, torrential rainfall generated by the storm caused orographic lift, which, combined with heavy precipitation from the hurricane which recently struck the Gulf Coast resulted in record-breaking river flooding in the Appalachian and southern Blue Ridge Mountains. The French Broad River, for instance, crested at nearly twice its previous stage record in Asheville, where flooding demolished numerous buildings. Throughout the region, flood-swollen rivers caused significant damage to crops, railroads, and other infrastructure. The cyclone also caused flooding in Tennessee and Virginia, though to a much lesser degree. Overall, 80 fatalities and approximately $21 million in damage occurred throughout the storm's impacted areas. Tropical Storm Five A tropical storm formed in the west-central Gulf of Mexico about southeast of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, on August 4. The storm moved west-northwestward and intensified to peak with maximum sustained winds of early on August 6. Shortly thereafter, the cyclone made landfall in a rural area of central Tamaulipas. Based on observations from Brownsville and Corpus Christi in Texas, the storm peaked with a minimum pressure of . The system quickly weakened over Mexico and dissipated over Nuevo León late on August 6. Storm warnings were issued for the coast of Texas. Sustained winds in Corpus Christi reached . Hurricane Six The Great Texas Hurricane of 1916 A trough developed into a tropical storm about east of Barbados early on August 12. The storm moved just north of due west and entered the Caribbean on the following day, shortly after passing near or over Saint Lucia. While located about halfway between the Dominican Republic's Pedernales Province and the Guajira Peninsula around 00:00 UTC on August 15, the system intensified into a hurricane. The hurricane then curved northwestward and about 24 hours later, it made landfall near Portland Point, Jamaica, with winds of . After re-emerging into the Caribbean, the system continued to strengthen and passed through the Cayman Islands later on August 16. The storm reached Gulf of Mexico by the following day and became a major hurricane, before reaching Category 4 status on August 18. Shortly thereafter, the cyclone peaked with maximum sustained winds of and retained this intensity through its landfall several hours later near Baffin Bay, Texas. The wind speed and the storm's minimum barometric pressure of were estimates based on observations from Kingsville and the pressure-decay model. Rapid weakening ensued as the hurricane moved inland, falling to tropical storm status early