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• <br />• <br />i Severe }-louse Damage -Indian River County 2 <br />Power Outages 7 M <br />Power Outages -Indian River County 5% <br />Injuries 700 <br />Injuries -Indian River County <br />vatalities 57 <br />Fatalities -Indian River County tt <br />Storm Surgc-North Carolina I0 to 12' <br />Sturm Surye-Indian River County 2' to 3' <br />Indian Rivcr County damage was centered on overtime expenses, beach erosion, and park - <br />flooding, <br />Once over land, Floyd moved at a quick pace toward the northeast Floyd became extra - <br />tropical as the system moved into Canada. The duration of this hurricane was ten days. <br />September 7 to September 17. <br />GERT: Category IV Hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 150tnph. Gert <br />developed just south of the Cape Verde Islands. This system slowly intensified as it <br />tnovcd in a disc: ;Iiuu fur several days. During the fourth day. Gert peaked <br />with sustained winds of' 150mph. At that time, the system was located 500 miles cast - <br />northeast of the Leeward Islands. Although Gert was a major hurricane, confidence was <br />high that the hurricane would move northwest and north without threatening the islands <br />because of a strong front -0 hor.rndmy to the east. In 21 hours, Gco !.:•egan muking tire• <br />northwest turn and never did threaten the Caribbean Islands. Gert began losing strength <br />as it moved north and passed 150 miles east of Bermuda. Tropical Stone Warnings were <br />required for Bennuda, but no damage was reported. As Gert moved north passed <br />Bermuda it was absorbed by the frontal boundary and became extra -tropical in the north <br />Atlantic with winds of 70mph. This hurricane was never a threat to the United Mates and <br />never made landfall in the Western Hemisphere. The duration of this hurricane was <br />thirteen days. September 11 to September 23. <br />19 <br />