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L] <br />40 <br />• <br />J <br />40 <br />9-15-99, 10:30am Emergency Medical Services advises that the Special Needs Shelter <br />has released all evacuees arid clean-up continues. Sebastian Iligh <br />School is expected to be back to normal in 34 hours. <br />9-15-99, 1 1:00arn- Emergency Services continues to receive calls from residents about <br />.5:0i11►m localized power outages, debris clearance, and road closures No <br />large scale problems reported. <br />9-15-99, 5:00pm Emergency Services terminates all preparedness and response <br />actions for Hurricane Floyd <br />After making the northwest turn, Floyd began moving toward the Carolinas as a Category <br />III hurricane with winds of 125mph. The front that moved Floyd away from Florida had <br />weakened and would not be strong enough to move the humcane away from North <br />Carolina. <br />As the hurricane moved north, it caused severe beach erosion, coastal loodingwind <br />damage and low IyinF; arca flooding throughout Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and the <br />Ilahamas. Ifowever, the worst hit area by Floyd was North Carolina. Floyd made <br />landfall in southern North Carolina with winds of 105mph and a storm surge of 10'-12'. <br />Along with the strong winds, Floyd brought almost 24 inches of rain to Notch Carolina in <br />a 24 hour period. This rainfall was on top of' the moisture from Hurricane Dennis a few <br />weeks ago. <br />North Carolina experienced the worst flooding in that state's history. Entire cities were <br />completely flooded and relief'supplies could not get into the area. Agriculture lost <br />millions because of`the drowning deaths ot'livestock. Damage assessment and recovery <br />eominues and will continue for many years because of the devastation of Floyd. <br />After landfall, Floyd quickly breams a tropical depression (within ?d hours) and moved <br />over the northeast Unites States. Although wind was not a concern, the flooding rains <br />continued into Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, and the New England states. The statistics <br />on Hurricane Floyd are as follows: <br />Economic Damage Estimates $6 Billion <br />Economic Damage -Indian River County $2 Million <br />Severe Housing Damage 100,000+ <br />18 <br />