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In all, Hurricane Floyd caused 51 fatalities in North Carolina, much of them from freshwater flooding, as well as billions in damage. The storm surge from the large hurricane amounted to 9–10 ft (2.7–3.0 m) along the southeastern portion of the state. The hurricane also spawned numerous tornadoes, most of which caused only minor damage.
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]
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 Katrina making landfall in Mississippi. A Mississippi hurricane is a North Atlantic tropical cyclone that affected the U.S. state of Mississippi. From 1851 to the present, 108 tropical cyclones have passed through Mississippi. The costliest and deadliest hurricane in this period was Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Bryan Norcross, FOX Weather’s hurricane specialist, visited Mississippi State University on Jan. 17 to provide advice to meteorology students in the Department of Geosciences.
It's the first time since 1950 the Atlantic basin has had two Category 2 hurricanes with sustained winds of 110-plus mph in August at the same time.
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]
According to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, the effects were felt from Cuba to Virginia and caused an estimated $1.421 billion in damage in 1969 dollars.