The Impact of Hurricane Floyd on North Carolina

• 51 deaths
• 7,000 homes destroyed
• 17,000 homes uninhabitable
• 56,000 homes damaged
• Most roads east of I-95 flooded
• Tar River crested 24 feet above flood stage
• More than 1,500 people rescued from flooded areas
• More than 500,000 customers without electricity at some point
• 10,000 people housed in temporary shelters
• Much of Duplin and Greene counties under water
• Sever agricultural damage throughout eastern North Carolina
  
• Wilmington reported new 24-hour station rainfall record (128 -year record) with 13.38 inches and over 19 inches for the event

Information from NOAA/National Climatic Data Center