Moderate precipitation spread Dispersal across Florida , while thunderstorms Lighting from the storm Catastrophe caused Causation light damage Damaging , killing Killing one .

Moderate to heavy snowfall Self_motion fell Motion_directional from West Virginia to eastern Maine , amounting to 10 in ( 25 cm ) or more in parts of 13 states and peaking at 21.4 in ( 54.4 cm ) at Newark , New Jersey .

Moderate rainfall accompanied its two landfalls Arriving in the United States , causing Causation localized flash flooding and road closures .

Moderate to severe damage Damaging was reported Reporting across the lower Mississippi Valley .

Moderate wind gusts in the northern Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico left thousands of residents without power , and resulted in Causation $ 10 million ( 1997 USD , $ 12.6 million 2006 USD ) in damage Damaging in the U.S. Caribbean territories .

Moderate to heavy rains accompanied the system as well , with a storm Catastrophe maxima of also occurring on Centre Island .

Some of these intermediate outlying areas reported Reporting V ( `` Moderate '' ) to VII ( `` Very strong '' ) shaking Motion , but intensities as high as IV ( `` Light '' ) were reported Reporting as far distant as Idaho and Montana .

Moderate to heavy rainfall was predicted Coming_to_believe through most of the country .