Crop damage Damaging from the hurricane was severe as the storm Catastrophe destroyed Destroying about half of the fruit , vegetable , and hay harvest , leaving a loss Earnings_and_losses of $ 1 million ( 1927 USD ) .

Many vegetable plantings , citrus groves , and cattle were submerged Motion or drowned Death as the storm Catastrophe exacerbated Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale already high water levels and briefly threatened Warning to breach the dikes surrounding Lake Okeechobee .

The motorcycle was destroyed Destroying by the blast Attack , and a nearby car damaged Damaging , as were dozens of stalls belonging to fruit and vegetable vendors .