 After floodwaters in Bound Brook reached deep, the Green Brook Flood Control Project was built to prevent future floods; the section near Bound Brook opened in 2016.Hurricane Floyd was a long-tracked Cape Verde hurricane that threatened to strike Florida for several days, until a turn toward the north occurred.As Floyd turned away from Florida, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued various tropical cyclone warnings and watches for the East Coast of the United States.