PRINCEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) -- A storm that brought flooding and damage to eastern North Carolina will be recognized with a highway historical marker .

The marker commemorating Hurricane Floyd was unveiled today in a small, roadside ceremony near Powell Park on NC 33 by the Tar River bridge in Princeville.

The storm made landfall in NC Sept. 16, 1999, and brought historic flooding to the region, leading to state and federal evacuation changes.

The rain from Floyd fell on an already saturated landscape. Hurricane Dennis had passed over the same area just weeks before, and almost all rivers, creeks, and ditches across the east were at capacity before Floyd arrived.

The rapid rise in floodwater during the first night of the storm caught residents in several eastern counties off guard.

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