Floyd was the first named storm to strike southern Florida in two years.

It headed rapidly northeastward and struck Florida later that day.

Two days before the storm struck Florida, emergency management workers began working to prepare for its onslaught.

Floyd was once forecast to strike Florida, but turned away.

Every time a hurricane strikes Florida - or any place else, for that matter - it performs an instant analysis of construction quality.

And every time a hurricane strikes Florida, it creates a tsunami in the insurance business, spreading the costs to all the rest of us.

Yesterday morning, the center had predicted that the storm would strike Florida as a Category 2.

At the time, the cyclone was forecast to strike southern Florida as a major hurricane.

March 29 A small outbreak struck northern Florida on the morning of the 29th.

This was the first time in recorded history that two tropical storms struck Florida within 1 day.