... and get out of debt as the government has to provide relief + rehabilitation to its people. Environmentally fish ponds were contaminated with sea water so it killed the fish because they were used to a fresh water ecosystem. Embankments were damaged leading to an increase risk of flooding next year or in the near future. There was also soil erosion in the foothills of the Himalayas which many lead to a landslide. The source region of Hurricane Floyd was the mid-Atlantic Ocean and the duration was approximately a fortnight. The storm was at its strongest over the Bahamas where it was a category 4 storm. 79 people died and 4 million people were evacuated from their houses in the states of Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Nearly 12,000 houses were destroyed and 150,000 people registered for government assistance. Economically many farmers had to find another job and $460 million was paid out by ...

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