▁of ▁Mexico ▁makes ▁its ▁final ▁land fall ▁near ▁Fort ▁My ers . ▁It ▁leaves ▁a ▁path ▁of ▁destruction ▁across ▁the ▁entire ▁pen ins ula , ▁including ▁destroy ing ▁ 3 0 % ▁of ▁the ▁state ' s ▁gra pe f ruit ▁c rop ▁and ▁level ing ▁over ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁mang ro ve ▁trees ▁in ▁the ▁Ever gl ades . ▁The ▁passage ▁of ▁the ▁h urr icane ▁results ▁in ▁ 2 , 1 5 6   destroy ed ▁homes , ▁ 3 , 9 0 3   se ver ely ▁dam aged ▁houses , ▁and ▁ 2 8 1 ▁boats ▁destroyed ▁or ▁left ▁with ▁major ▁damage . ▁Through out ▁the ▁state , ▁Don na ▁causes ▁over ▁$ 3 0 0   mill ion ▁in ▁damage ▁( 1 9 6 0   US D , ▁$ 2 . 1 9   b ill ion ▁ 2 0 0 8   US D ) ▁and ▁ 1 3   direct ▁death s . ▁September ▁ 1 5 , ▁ 1 9 6 0 – ▁Trop ical ▁Storm ▁Eth el ▁strik es ▁Mississippi ▁after ▁rapidly ▁weak ening ▁from ▁a ▁strong ▁h urr icane , ▁and ▁causes ▁light ▁wind s ▁and ▁ra inf all ▁across ▁western ▁Florida . ▁Dam age ▁tot als ▁about ▁$ 2 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁( 1 9 6 0   US D , ▁$ 1 . 8   mill ion ▁ 2 0 0 8   US D ), ▁primarily ▁from ▁c rop ▁damage . ▁September ▁ 2 3 ,