Effects of Hurricane Georges in the Lesser Antilles information
Hurricane Georges
Hurricane Georges approaching the Lesser Antilles
Category 3 major hurricane
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS)
Highest winds
115 mph (185 km/h)
Lowest pressure
966 mbar (hPa); 28.53 inHg
Overall effects
Fatalities
8 direct
Damage
$655 million (1998 USD)
Areas affected
Antigua and Barbuda, Guadeloupe, St. Kitts and Nevis, United States Virgin Islands, and the British Virgin Islands
Part of the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season
History
Meteorological history
Effects
Lesser Antilles
Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Cuba
United States
Florida
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tornado outbreak
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The effects of Hurricane Georges in the Lesser Antilles were minimal in certain islands and major on others. Georges had formed on September 15, 1998, off the African coast. It had quickly strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson scale on September 20 when it struck the Lesser Antilles with 115 mph (185 km/h) winds. The islands affected include Antigua, Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica, St. Maarten. St. Kitts and Nevis were also affected and sustained the most damage at US$484 million.
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