However , much of the property and crop damage Damaging wrought by the hurricane Catastrophe was due to the torrential rainfall it produced Creating in low-lying areas , setting off Causation record floods Catastrophe .

650,000 people were evacuated Emptying from low-lying areas as some 6,200 acres of rice and other crop fields were reported Reporting completely submerged .

In Canada , strong winds caused Causation moderate crop damage Damaging on Prince Edward Island and collapsed Destroying a suspension bridge in Nova Scotia .

The heavy rainfall from Fanapi caused Causation landslides , heavy crop damage Damaging , and flooding Motion , notably in the major city of Kaohsiung , where rains totaled .

Also in Guangdong , the storm wrecked Destroying 16,000 homes and flooded Filling of crop fields .

There were six highway deaths Death in the state , and $ 1.5 million in crop damage Damaging .

After executing a slight anticyclonic loop north of the Bahamas , Betsy proceeded Motion to move Motion through areas of south Florida on September 8 , causing Causation extensive crop damage .

damage Damaging in the guam national weather service area of responsibility totaled $ 1 million ( 1997 usd , $ 2019 usd ) , the majority of it from crop damage Damaging .