left of its track exceeding 14 inches (356 mm) in the Norfolk metropolitan area. This helped lead to double the average rainfall for the month of September for southeast Virginia. Seven tornadoes were reported within South Carolina, while North Carolina witnessed three tornado touchdowns. Retirement The name Cleo was retired and will never be used for an Atlantic hurricane again; this name was replaced by Candy in 1968. Lasting impact After surviving Cleo's wrath in the Bahamas, a survivor came up with the idea of a floating hospital designed to help out areas after a catastrophe. A husband-wife pair who survived Cleo bought a retired luxury liner for such a purpose 14 years later, and it was put into service in 1982. Virginia Beach, Virginia fought to build a drainage canal to help drain the Lynnhaven flood zone after Cleo's flooding rains struck the region. Over the objection of those in North Carolina, the canal was built. The result of the creation of this canal was an increase in salinity of nearly fivefold from pre-canal levels, which decimated aquatic vegetation in Currituck Sound by 1998. As a result, black bass disappeared from Currituck Sound. See also Hurricane King (1950) Hurricane Matthew List of tropical cyclones Atlantic hurricane season List of Florida hurricanes (1950-1974) List of highest known 24-hour tropical cyclone rainfall amounts for the Dominican Republic References External links Home video during Hurricane Cleo – YouTube Story about the Dangerous Reconnaissance Flight south-southwest of Puerto Rico Bryan's Hurricane Minute – Cleo Slams Miami – CBS4 Cleo Cleo Cleo (1964) Cleo Cleo Cleo Cleo Cleo Cleo Cleo Cleo 1964 in the Caribbean 1964 in Guadeloupe 1964 in Cuba 1964 in Haiti 1964 natural disasters in the United States