Impact
| State/country | Deaths |
|---|---|
| The Bahamas | 1 |
| North Carolina | 35 |
| Virginia | 3 |
| Delaware | 2 |
| Pennsylvania | 6 |
| New Jersey | 6 |
| New York | 2 |
| Connecticut | 1 |
| Vermont | 1 |
| Total | 57 |
With a death toll of 57, Hurricane Floyd was the deadliest United States hurricane since Hurricane Agnes in 1972. The storm also was one of the costliest in the nation's history, amounting to $4.5 billion (1999 USD; $5.3 billion in 2006 U.S. dollars). Most of the deaths and damage were from inland, freshwater flooding in eastern North Carolina.
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