| Event: | TC Tropical Cyclone |
| Number: | 1999-000001 |
| Country: | USA United States |
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| Date (YMD): | 1999-9-16 |
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| Information Source: | SHELDUS, NOAA
(http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pdf/NWS-TPC-5.pdf)
(http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/reports/billionz.html#chron)
(http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/1999floyd.html) |
| Comments: | Hurricane Floyd made landfall as a large category 2 hurricane in eastern NC, causing 10-20 inch rains in 2 days, with severe flooding in NC and some flooding in SC, VA, MD, PA, NY, NJ, DE, RI, CT, MA, NH, and VT. NOAA reports $4.5 billion in damages. There were 57 deaths that were directly attributable to Floyd, 56 in the United States and 1 in Grand Bahama Island. The death toll by state is as follows: North Carolina 35, Pennsylvania 6, New Jersey 6, Virginia 3, Delaware 2, New York 2, Connecticut 1, and Vermont 1. Most of these deaths were due to drowning in freshwater flooding. Floyd was the deadliest hurricane in the United States since Agnes of 1972. In the United States, the Property Claims Services Division of the Insurance Services Office reports that insured losses due to Floyd totaled 1.325 billion dollars.
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