It was in the way, basically. Hurricanes form over the ocean and head toward land, and the land Floyd headed toward was North Carolina.
Hurricane Floyd made landfall in North Carolina on September 16, 1999.
Hurricane Irene and Hurricane Floyd
The storm most well known as hurricane Floyd never hit Florida and the states was not significantly affected. The storm instead made landfall in North Carolina. There was also a Hurricane Floyd that affected The Florida Keys in 1987 but did not result in much heavy damage.
Hurricane Irene hit North Carolina in 2011.
Floyd struck the Bahamas first of all, causing heavy damage, it then ran parallel to the east coast of America and eventually made landfall in North Carolina as a category 2 hurricane.
Hurricane Floyd was a Category 4 storm when it hit the Bahamas in September 1999. It then traveled up the east coast of the United States, heavily damaging areas of North Carolina. It's cost in 2014 dollars was $6.37 billion. It was responsible for 57 fatalities.
The hurricanes of 1999 in North Carolina were some of the deadliest on record. Hurricane Dennis made landfall as a tropical storm, but then produced hurricane-like conditions as it moved along the North Carolina coast. Most of these deadly hurricanes occurred after the hurricane season was over.
North Carolina
North Carolina was the State in which Hurricane Hugo damaged
Floyd Simmons was born on April 25, 1923, in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
Floyd Simmons died on April 1, 2008, in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
Hurricane Charley hit North Carolina and South Carolina on August 15, 2004.