hurricane gordon was a very deadly and damaging tropical storm for the caribbean, florida and parts of north carolina. the storm was very slow moving on its path over the caribbean. this storm killed over 1100 people (estimates range between 500 and 2300 people dead through haiti and the central caribbean islands, including jamaica and cuba). the storm's strange motion was making hurricane gordon hard to forecast where it would actually go and where it would reach land. damage was guessed to be at $400 million (1994 us dollars).