Article from Sept. 1999 about Hurricane Floyd:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/446419.stm
World: Americas
Floyd keeps US guessing
Nervous residents along the Florida and Georgia coastline are monitoring
the uncertain path of Hurricane Floyd as it passes over the Bahamas and heads
towards the US mainland.
Up to two million people have left their homes as they try to escape the worst effects of the storm.
US President Bill Clinton cut short a trip to New Zealand and declared a federal state of emergency in both states because of the approaching hurricane.
Latest reports say Floyd, one of the most powerful storms to hit the region this century, is veering to the northwest and slightly reducing in intensity. But forecasters are warning it is still very dangerous and capable of causing considerable damage.
At 2100 GMT (1700 EST) Hurricane Floyd was positioned 235 miles (380 km) southeast of Cape Canaveral, roughly midway along Florida's eastern coastline, and heading northwest at about 12mph (19kph).
At current estimates, it should remain off the Florida mainland, making landfall in South Carolina by midnight on Wednesday.
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