Hurricane Floyd (1999)

It reached Category 4 twice, on 13 September north of Hispaniola and again on 15 September north of the Bahamas, striking the Bahamas at peak strength and causing heavy damage there. As it approached the United States, 2.6 million coastal residents of five states were ordered from their homes. It made landfall in southern North Carolina on 16 September with winds of 105 mph, and the flooding that followed pushed some rivers past 500-year levels; 51 of the fatalities were in North Carolina. Damage totalled $6.5 billion.

Formed (UTC)

1999-09-07

Dissipated (UTC)

1999-09-19

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

4

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

135

Basin it formed in

North Atlantic

Deaths, as sources state them

85

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-1999251N15314

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: atlantic, category 4, bahamas, north carolina, flooding, evacuation, 1999

Coordinates: 30.5347303386555, -79.1

Part of Atlantic hurricanes of category 4 and above in the 1990 to 1999 seasons

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