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In 1999, in the aftermath of Hurricane Floyd, downtown Franklin was submerged under as much as 12 ft (3.7 m) of water as the Blackwater River swelled to a historic crest of 26.4 ft (8.0 m). [15] The resultant flooding caused the submersion of 182 business and 150 homes, located primarily in downtown. [16]
With a death toll of 85, Hurricane Floyd was the deadliest United States hurricane since Hurricane Agnes in 1972. The storm was the third-costliest hurricane in the nation's history at the time, with monetary damage estimated at $6.5 billion (1999 USD); it ranked the 19th costliest as of 2017. [ 24 ]
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 08:01, 31 January 2006: 350 × 269 (35 KB): Jdorje~commonswiki: his flood map shows a comparison of the flood data collected by AVHRR (pink pixels), Radarsat (red pixels), and Landsat 7 (green pixels).
Hurricane Floyd. A large swath of heavy rainfall spread up the East Coast along a frontal zone draping over the northern side of Hurricane Floyd. [84] Nearly 10 inches (250 mm) fell across portions of New Hampshire, the most recorded during the passage of a tropical cyclone or its remnants. [28]
Rocky Mount Historic District is a national historic district located at Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia.It encompasses 211 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites (Mary Elizabeth Park and High Street Cemetery), 1 contributing site, and 2 contributing objects in the central business district and surround residential areas of Rocky Mount, county seat of Franklin County.
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Floyd [28] 9.70 15.61 US 221 (Floyd Highway) Franklin Pike SR 640/Blue Ridge Parkway: Fluvanna [29] 0.02 0.03 SR 601 (Venable Road) Venable Road SR 653 (Three Chopt Road) Franklin [30] 5.08 8.18 SR 116: Coopers Cove Road SR 635 (Edwardsville Road) Frederick [31] 9.94 16.00 US 522 (Frederick Pike) Chestnut Grove Road Hunting Ridge Road Three ...
AccuWeather's forecasting team is expecting Franklin to reach the intensity of a Category 2 hurricane. Such a tropical cyclone has maximum sustained winds of 96-110 mph on the Saffir-Simpson ...