Effects of Hurricane Georges in Louisiana
Hurricane Georges was a Category 2 hurricane that made landfall in Mississippi on September 28, 1998. The storm reached its peak intensity of 155 mph, just below Category 5 status on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale. It was the deadliest hurricane to hit the U.S. since Hurricane Charley in 1961, which killed more than 3,000 people.
About Effects of Hurricane Georges in Louisiana in brief
Hurricane Georges was a Category 2 hurricane that made landfall in Mississippi on September 28, 1998. Before landfall, about 500,000 residents in Louisiana evacuated from low-lying areas. The storm reached its peak intensity of 155 mph, just below Category 5 status on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale. More than 1.5 million people in New Orleans were advised to leave the city. The Clinton administration appropriated USD 56 million in disaster relief to regions in Louisiana for recovery from Tropical Storm Frances and Hurricane Georges. Georges dissipated on October 1 near the Atlantic coast of Florida. The worst damages were confined to Louisiana, peaking at 2. 98 in in Bogalusa, and wind gusts reached 82 mph in Grand Isle, Louisiana. The hurricane caused $30.1 million in damage and three deaths, mostly in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
It was the deadliest hurricane to hit the U.S. since Hurricane Charley in 1961, which killed more than 3,000 people in Texas and Texas. It is the only major hurricane to make landfall in Louisiana since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. It also caused more than $1 billion in damage to the state, including $1.2 billion in uninsured property claims and $150 million in insured claims from Puerto Rico and Mississippi. It left over 160,000 residences without power, and severe beach erosion took place due to the slow movement of the hurricane. It caused over 600 fatalities, primarily in Haiti and Dominican Republic, and caused heavy rains in parts of the United States, including Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida. It made landfall near Biloxi, Mississippi.
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