What is Hurricane Floyd?
{{Infobox Hurricane | Name=Hurricane Floyd | Type=hurricane | Year=1999 | Basin=Atl | Image location=Floyd 1999-09-13 1415Z.png | Image name=Hurricane Floyd at peak intensity on September 13 north of the [[Dominican Republic]] | alt=A view of Hurricane Floyd from Space on September 13, 1999. The storm is mature and well-defined, with a pronounced eye feature. Floyd is located over the Atlantic Ocean, and to the north and east of Cuba and Florida, respectively. | Formed= {{start-date|September 7, 1999}} | Dissipated=September 19, 1999 | 1-min winds=135 | Pressure=921 | Damages=4500 | Inflated=0 | Fatalities=57&nbsp;direct, 20–30&nbsp;indirect | Areas=[[The Bahamas]], [[U.S. East Coast]] from [[Florida]] to [[Maine]] (particularly [[North Carolina]]), [[Atlantic Canada]] | Hurricane season=[[1999 Atlantic hurricane season]] }} '''Hurricane Floyd''' was the strongest, costliest, and deadliest hurricane of the [[1999 Atlantic hurricane season]]. Floyd, at first looked as if it were headed for [[Florida]] as a category 4 hurricane. It was about twice as large as [[Hurricane Andrew]], which if Floyd struck Florida it could have caused even more damage than Andrew. Instead of striking Florida, Floyd struck [[North Carolina]] and caused flooding from North Carolina up to some states in [[New England]]. Floyd left $4.5 billion in damage from Florida to [[Maine]]. Floyd also killed about 76-86 people in the [[United States]]. One person was also killed in the [[Bahamas]]. ==Retirement== {{seealso|List of retired Atlantic hurricane names}} The name Floyd got retired in the Spring of 2000. The name Franklin was used in 2005 instead. {{Retired Atlantic hurricanes}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Floyd (1999)}} [[Category:1999 Atlantic hurricane season]] [[Category:Category 4 Atlantic hurricanes]] [[Category:September events]] [[Category:1990s in the Bahamas]] [[Category:1999 in the United States]] [[Category:1999 in Canada]] [[Category:Hurricanes in North Carolina]] [[Category:1990s in Florida]] [[Category:20th century in Maine]] [[Categor