Strong northerly winds from Flora eroded the northern beaches in the Cuban province of Camagüey by up to . Santa Cruz del Sur reported strong southerly winds and rough seas. Winds in Cuba reached . Due to its slow movement across Cuba, the storm dropped extreme rainfall amounts on the eastern side of the island. Isolated locations in Cuba received over of precipitation, with Santiago de Cuba recording , which is the highest rainfall total measured on Cuba from any rainfall event on record. Strong winds and flooding caused significant damage to crops in the region. The storm destroyed about 25% of coffee, 10% of the corn, up to 15% of sugar crops throughout the country, while at least a majority of banana and orange crops were lost. Further, Flora destroyed an estimated 50% of winter rice crops in Camagüey and Oriente provinces – roughly 25% of production nationally. Approximately 50% of cotton was lost in Oriente Province, which produced about half of Cuba's cotton crop.