 Overall structural damage from Cindy was minimal . One driver was killed in Georgetown , South Carolina after colliding with a fallen tree , and five indirect deaths were caused by poor road conditions wrought by the storm in New England . Many areas experienced heavy rains , and several thousand people evacuated . Other than broken tree limbs , shattered windows and power outages , little damage occurred . Cindy brought a total of eleven tornadoes with it , of which two caused minor damage in North Carolina . The heaviest rainfall occurred in north central South Carolina , where rainfall amounted to 9 @.@ 79 inches ( 249 mm ) . Tides ranged from 1 to 4 feet ( 0 @.@ 30 to 1 @.@ 22 m ) above normal along the coast . As drought @-@ like conditions were present in the Carolinas at the time , the rainfall produced by Hurricane Cindy in the area was beneficial . After becoming extratropical over the Canadian Maritimes , the cyclone produced heavy rains and strong winds that sunk one ship . Damage caused by Cindy was estimated at $ 75 @,@ 000 ( 1959 USD ) . 
