Four hurricanes previously shared the record for the largest number of major disaster declarations - six. The previous record holders were Hurricane Georges, in 1998, Hurricane Fran, in 1996, Hurricane Bob in 1991 and Hurricane Gloria in 1985. The previous annual record for hurricane declarations was 11, set in 1985 after Elena, Gloria, Juan and Kate. Of those states declared federal disasters after Floyd, North Carolina and Florida were the two most often struck by previous hurricanes. Both states have had five previous declared hurricane events in the past ten years.
Hurricanes historically cause terrible economic losses.
Experts believe Hurricane Floyd will be among the most costly hurricanes to date.