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Summary of Hurricane Georges in 1998:
Georges was the seventh tropical storm, fourth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season. The tropical cyclone made seven landfalls on its long track through the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico during September, becoming one of the most notable hurricane, the second most destructive storm of the season after Hurricane Mitch and the costliest storm in the Atlantic basin since Hurricane Andrew. Georges killed 604 people, mainly on the island of Hispaniola, and caused extensive damage resulting at nearly billion in damages mostly in St. Kitts and Nevis, Puerto Rico and Hispaniola.
The hurricane made landfall in at least seven different countries (Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Cuba and the United States) and Puerto Rico, a Commonwealth of the United States — more than any other hurricane since Hurricane Inez of the 1966 season.
Meteorological history of Hurricane Georges:
— Hurricane Georges began as a tropical wave that moved off the coast of Africa during mid-September 1998
— Tracking westward, the wave spawned an area of low pressure two days later, which quickly strengthened into a tropical depression.
— On September 16, the depression was upgraded to Tropical Storm Georges, and to Hurricane Georges the next day.
— Over the next few days, an eye developed and deep Atmospheric convection persisted around it. Strong outflow and warm sea surface temperatures allowed the storm to intensify as it tracked towards the west-northwest. The storm reached its peak intensity on September 20 with winds of 155 mph, just below Category 5 status on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, and a barometric pressure of 937 mbar.
— By the late morning hours of September 17, an eyewall developed within the circulation, indicating that Georges was nearing hurricane-status.
Read about this will tell you the causes and how it formed of Hurricane Georges in 1998:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteorological_history_of_Hurricane_Georges#Formation_and_intensification
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