▁and ▁water ▁out ages . ▁Four ▁death s ▁were ▁reported . ▁In ▁Costa ▁Rica , ▁ra inf all ▁pe aked ▁at ▁ ▁at ▁Mira v alles ▁Vol cano . ▁Flo oding ▁and ▁mud sl ides ▁left ▁ 4 2   comm un ities ▁isolated ▁and ▁dam aged ▁ 1 4   water ▁systems . ▁Dam age ▁reached ▁at ▁least ▁$ 1 9 0   mill ion ▁and ▁there ▁were ▁ 1 0   f atal ities . ▁ ▁Cy clone ▁Steph anie ▁ ▁On ▁September ▁ 1 5 , ▁M été o - France ▁began ▁monitoring ▁a ▁cy clone ▁in ▁the ▁Bay ▁of ▁B isc ay ▁that ▁they ▁claimed ▁was ▁subt rop ical , ▁having ▁apparently ▁possess ing ▁an ▁asym metric ▁wind ▁field ▁of ▁tropical - st orm ▁force ▁wind s ▁and ▁a ▁warm ▁thermal ▁core . ▁However , ▁American ▁meteor ological ▁ag encies ▁disag re ed ▁and ▁determined ▁it ▁was ▁non - t rop ical , ▁as ▁proven ▁by ▁surface ▁analysis ▁data ▁from ▁NO AA , ▁which ▁showed ▁that ▁the ▁cy clone ▁still ▁had ▁an ▁occ l ud ed ▁front ▁connected ▁to ▁it ▁– ▁signs ▁that ▁usually ▁indicate ▁an ▁extr at rop ical ▁cy clone . ▁The ▁system ▁dr ift ed ▁sout heast wards , ▁att aining ▁a ▁peak ▁intensity ▁of ▁, ▁and ▁eventually ▁made ▁land fall ▁near ▁the ▁border ▁of ▁Spain ▁and ▁France , ▁rapidly ▁weak ening ▁and ▁eventually ▁diss ip ating ▁shortly ▁there after , ▁early ▁on ▁September ▁ 1 6 . ▁The ▁Free ▁University ▁of ▁Berlin , ▁in ▁accord