While crossing Cuba, the system weakened to a tropical storm early on November 7, shortly before emerging into the Caribbean Sea.

About 90% of structures in San Pedro Town were destroyed, while Newtown was obliterated, causing its residents to relocate and establish the village of Hopkins.

[1] The wave reached the vicinity of Turks and Caicos Islands on November 5, where it developed into a tropical storm at 0000 UTC.

[2] A ridge aloft blocked the storm's westward progress and caused it to re-curve west-southwestward on November 6.

Around 1800 UTC on November 6, the storm made landfall on Cayo Romano in Camagüey Province with winds of 80 mph (130 km/h).

The system quickly weakened while crossing the mountainous terrain of Cuba and fell to tropical storm intensity early on November 7, shortly before emerging into the northwestern Caribbean Sea.

[2] Around midday on November 8, the storm curved westward while approaching Belize and strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane.

[2] An observatory in Belize City recorded a barometric pressure of 991 mbar (29.3 inHg) – the lowest in association with this storm.

[2] In the Bahamas, a barometric pressure reading of 997 mbar (29.4 inHg) and force 9 sustained winds on the Beaufort scale were observed on at Georgetown on Exuma.

[6] Although the storm's intensity was equivalent to a Category 2 hurricane, sustained winds in Belize reached only 54 mph (87 km/h).

[8] Nine deaths were reported, though the toll may have been higher, as numerous small fishing boats were beached or swept out to sea.