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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 only hurricane to make landfall in the United States in the 1987 Atlantic hurricane season. The final of seven tropical storms and three hurricanes, Floyd developed on October 9 just off the east coast of Nicaragua .
On the latter day, Floyd peaked as a strong Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson scale. However, upon moving closer to the Bahamas, the storm fluctuated in intensity between a Category 3 and a Category 4 hurricane.
September 14-15, 1999: Hurricane Floyd. All four parks didn't resume normal hours until the morning of September 16 after Hurricane Floyd had passed. The storm ended up making landfall at Cape ...
October 12, 1987- Hurricane Floyd moves through the Florida Keys, dropping up to 10.07 inches (256 mm) of rain in Fort Pierce. [40] November 4, 1987- The extratropical remnant of Tropical Depression Fourteen makes landfall near Spring Hill, Florida, dropping up to 10.23 inches (260 mm) of rain at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. [41]
Prior to that, Hurricane Ivan hit nearly the same location on Sept. 16, 2004, and Hurricane Floyd in 1999 was another storm on the same day. Those three storms combined did more than $50 billion ...
The hurricane drops heavy rainfall peaking at 19.9 inches (506 mm) in Ocracoke, while its extended duration offshore causes localized severe beach erosion. The rainfall causes flooding along several rivers, which is compounded by the effects of Hurricane Floyd just weeks later. Damage in the state amounts to over $50 million. [7] [51] [52]
Like Hurricane Floyd 25 years ago, it is going to cost billions to pay for recovery efforts from Tropical Storm Helene. How should NC fund the work?