The storm caused Causation an estimated AU $ 3.5 billion ( US $ 3.6 billion ) in damage , making it the costliest tropical cyclone Catastrophe to hit Attack Australia on record ( not accounting Causation for inflation ; otherwise , Cyclone Tracy was costlier ) .

By the accounting of Lloyd 's of London , the reported Reporting number of people killed Killing was about 252 people although many estimate that the catastrophe Catastrophe actually caused Causation at least 1000 deaths Death .

In northern Guatemala , the floods Catastrophe damaged Damaging about of crop fields , accounting for Q128.9 million ( 2008 GTQ , US $ 16.8 million ) in crop damage Damaging .