What is Hurricane Georges?
{{Infobox Hurricane | Name=Hurricane Georges | Type=hurricane | Year=1998 | Basin=Atl | Image location=Georges 1998-09-20 1847Z.jpg | Image name=Georges as a Category 4 hurricane | Formed=September 15, 1998 | Dissipated=October 1, 1998 | 1-min winds=135 | Pressure=937 | Damages=5900 | Inflated=0 | Fatalities=604 direct | Areas=[[Leeward Islands]], [[Puerto Rico]], [[Dominican Republic]], [[Haiti]], [[Cuba]], [[Florida Keys]], [[Mississippi]], [[Alabama]], Southeastern [[Louisiana]], [[Florida]] Panhandle | Hurricane season=[[1998 Atlantic hurricane season]] }} '''Hurricane Georges''' caused much damage and many deaths in on the norther [[Caribbean Sea|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 deadliest 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. {{Retired Atlantic hurricanes}} {{1998 Atlantic hurricane season buttons}} {{weather-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Georges}} [[Category:Hurricanes in Cuba]] [[Category:Hurricanes in the United States]] [[Category:1998 in Florida]] [[Category:20th century in Puerto Rico]] [[Category:1990s in the Dominican Republic]] [[Category:20th century in Haiti]] [[Category:20th century in Cuba]] [[Category:20th century in Mississippi]] [[Category:1990s in Alabama]] [[Category:20th century in Louisiana]] [[Category:Retired tropical cyclone names]] [[Category:1990s in weather]] [[Category:Category 4 Atlantic hurricanes]]