Hurricane Georges

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Hurricane Georges
Category 4 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS)
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Georges as a Category 4 hurricane
FormedSeptember 15, 1998
DissipatedOctober 1, 1998
Highest winds1-minute sustained: 155 mph (250 km/h)
Lowest pressure937 mbar (hPa); 27.67 inHg
Fatalities604 direct
Damage$5.9 billion (1998 USD)
Areas affectedLeeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba, Florida Keys, Mississippi, Alabama, Southeastern Louisiana, Florida Panhandle
Part of the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season

Hurricane Georges caused much damage and many deaths in on the norther Caribbean islands and the Gulf Coast of the United States. Even though it was very strong, caused a lot of damage and many deaths, it was not the strongest costliest or dead list of the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season, that would be Hurricane Mitch later on. Hurricane Georges crossed some islands, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, and Cuba, before it made landfall in Mississippi. Georges killed 604 people and caused $5.9 billion in damage, much of it from high winds and severe flooding.

Tropical cyclones of the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season

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