Hurricane Floyd: Images

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A two story house in Rocky Mount, NC was completely swept off the foundation and washed away at a 90 degree angle and 45 degree pitch during flooding after Hurricane Floyd in 1999. Photograph by Martha Daniel.
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From Hurricane Floyd: Overview
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Raymond and Eunice English stand with all of their earthly possessions. At 92, Raymond is one of the oldest in the community of Northeast, North Carolina, and has little chance of earning the income needed to rebuild. Photograph by Rob Amberg, ©2000.
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From Hurricane Floyd: Overview
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FEMA contractors load remnants of a home in Duplin County. Photograph by Rob Amberg, ©2000.
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From Hurricane Floyd: Overview
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Jim Connors, a hog farmer who also considers himself an environmentalist, stands by the barn where the flood took his hogs. He devised a system made from PVC pipes to prevent his dead hogs from washing away. For more than ten days he could only reach his farm by boat. Photograph by Rob Amberg, ©2000.
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From Hurricane Floyd: Community
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NASA satellite image of Hurricane Floyd. From http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/rsd/images/Floyd.html.
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From Hurricane Floyd: Damage
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Another satellite image of the hurricane. From http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/rsd/images/Floyd.html.
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From Hurricane Floyd: Storm
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Floyd's coverage of the Eastern United States.
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From Hurricane Floyd: Storm
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The winds of Hurricane Floyd felled numerous ancient trees as the storm passed over terrain already drenched, but the real damage would come from the floodwaters that rose two to three days after the winds subsided. Photograph by Rob Amberg, ©2000.
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From Hurricane Floyd: Damage
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The flood ruined thousands of dwellings, rendering many permanently uninhabitable. © Photograph by Rob Amberg. Used with permission of Amberg/SOHP, 1999.
Original Image from Documenting the American South
From Hurricane Floyd: Damage
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A boat was washed away and became wedged between two trees as a result of flooding after Hurricane Floyd in 1999. Photograph copyright by Martha Daniel/danieldesign.com. Used with permission, 1999.
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From Hurricane Floyd: Damage
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FEMA contractors clear debris - all that remained of a home ruined by the flooding in Duplin County. Photograph by Rob Amberg. Used with permission of Amberg/SOHP, 1999.
Original Image from Documenting the American South
From Hurricane Floyd: Rebuilding
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Renee Lee, her children, and others from her community of White Stocking survey her grandmother's home. Renee's own mobile home was a total loss, and her grandmother now lives in a FEMA trailer. Photograph by Rob Amberg,©2000.
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From Hurricane Floyd: Rebuilding
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Cavenaugh's Restaurant known for its barbeque, fried chicken, fresh vegetables, and grape hull pie, pleads with passersby for help in rebuilding after the flood. Photograph by Rob Amberg. Used with permission of Amberg/SOHP, 1999.
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From Hurricane Floyd: Rebuilding
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Aaron (shown here) and Jenny Cavenaugh have their first batch of new turkeys since the flood. He described an eerie silence as the floodwaters covered his barns and drowned tens of thousands of the Thanksgiving birds just weeks before they were to go to market. Photograph by Rob Amberg, ©2000.
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From Hurricane Floyd: Rebuilding