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Hurricane Floyd was a very powerful tropical cyclone which struck the Bahamas and the East Coast of the United States. It was the sixth named storm, fourth hurricane, and third major hurricane in the 1999 Atlantic hurricane season.
Hurricane Floyd was the strongest storm of the 1999 Atlantic Hurricane Season, at one point packing winds of 155 mph while approaching the Bahamas. Millions of coastal residents from Florida through North Carolina evacuated ahead of the storm.
Floyd was a large and intense Cape Verde hurricane that pounded the Bahama Islands, seriously threatened Florida, struck the coast of North Carolina and moved up the east coast into New England.
Hurricane Floyd struck eastern North Carolina on September 15, 1999. In it's wake the storm left polluted floodwaters and sediment-choked rivers.
On September 16, 1999, Hurricane Floyd made landfall in NC and became the costliest hurricane in the state’s history.
In September 1999, Hurricane Floyd unleashed its fury on North Carolina, becoming one of the most catastrophic natural disasters in the state’s history. The storm’s devastating impact ravaged the eastern region, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake.
Hurricane Floyd, which struck North Carolina in September 1999, is remembered as one of the most devastating storms in the state’s history. Making landfall near Cape Fear as a Category 2 hurricane, the storm unleashed catastrophic flooding across Eastern North Carolina, particularly in Pitt County. Although Floyd’s winds were not the ...