And winds exceeding 74 mph. (119 kph.)

What is a hurricane? Encarta defines it as a tropical cyclone with winds up to 74 mph (119 kph.) To many people it means destruction. Hurricane Floyd caused tremendous destruction to America as well as set it back a few million. Stay with me as we track the storm.

Tropical Storm Floyd forms in Atlantic

Washington September 8, 1999 - The National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported Tropical Storm Floyd, the sixth named storm of the season, formed about 800 miles east of the Leeward Islands. Floyd had maximum winds of 40 mph and was forecast to intensify to minimal hurricane strength with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph. Tropical storm force winds extended up to 85 miles from the center of the storm.

The system moved west-northwest at 16 mph and forecasters expected Floyd to continue along this track for 72 hours. Floyd was in an area very favorable for development and satellite images indicated the system was strengthening. The center of the system was not yet well defined, but forecasters believed Floyd could reach major hurricane strengt

Cable 3 September 16 1999

Hurricane Floyd, like many other natural disasters was a very costly storm. This tropical cyclone they call Floyd developed in the Atlantic Ocean it grew into the stage of a hurricane. This hurricane slammed directly in to South Carolina and left his mark on its northern neighbor as well (North Carolina). The hurricane eventually died off, and drifted north. Personally I'm afraid that hurricanes are going to threaten the northeastern seaboard as long as we keep polluting. Hurricanes fuel on warm water so when we pollute the harmful substance put in the air trap heat (greenhouse effect). This trapped heat makes the water warmer up north, so naturally hurricanes will become a real problem to big cities such as New York. I'm not sure how that relates to Hurricane Floyd but I just thought this would be the essay to mention it in.

Floyd Now a Hurricane

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