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Floyd Recovery Continues 3 Years Later
By Laura Youngs and Eric Declerck | September 19More than three years after Hurricane Floyd collided with the N.C. coast, efforts to find homes for the thousands of displaced families and rebuild the eastern part of the state are almost complete. Within days of the Sept. 16 storm, 87,500 people had registered as victims of the hurricane with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, with damages totalling $6 billion. Sixty-six counties reported severe damage areas, but most have reached full recovery.
