Hurricane Floyd's impact on North Carolina

• Hurricane Floyd hit Cape Fear, N.C., as a Category 2 hurricane on Sept. 16, 1999, less than two weeks after Tropical Storm Dennis.
   
• Twelve to 20 inches of rain from Floyd fell in the eastern part of the state, already saturated by the 6 to 16 inches of rain from Dennis, 10 days earlier.
   
• Farm losses totaled about $1 billion, including approximately $98 million in tobacco crop losses and $634 million in livestock losses. More than 3 million chickens and turkeys and 30,000 hogs were killed in the storm.
   
• Floyd prompted one of the largest evacuations in U.S. history, forcing more than 2.6 million coastal residents in five states to flee their homes.
   
• According to the Federal Emergency Management, there were more than 87,000 storm victims in North Carolina. More than 1,500 had to be rescued and approximately 500,000 customers lost power.
   
• Fifty-two people died as a result of Floyd and its storm waters.
   
• Property damage totaled more than $6 million, with about 12,000 businesses damaged, more than 8,000 homes destroyed and more than 67,000 damaged.
   
• FEMA declared 66 counties disaster areas.
   
• Some of the heaviest hit areas included Princeville, Rocky Mount and Kinston.
   
• Flooding lasted for more than a week in Princeville, where more than 700 homes were damaged or destroyed. The town recived $26 million in government aid as a result.
   
• The Tar River crested at 33 feet on Sept. 17, 1999 – 18 feet above flood stage – putting 25 percent of Rocky Mount under water. About 3,000 homes were damaged or destroyed. FEMA bought out more than 400 homes.
   
• About 700 homes in Kinston were flooded and dozens of businesses were destroyed.
   
• Floyd prompted the updating of flood mapping, which in 1999, was 10 to 15 years out of date. New flood mapping cost approximately $120 million.
   
• Hog farms and waste lagoons also relocated after Floyd. Thirty-nine farms and 91 hog waste lagoons were moved. Ninety-two remain in the flood plain.