Hurricane Georges (disambiguation)
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The name Hurricane Georges was available for use for tropical cyclone
s in the Atlantic Ocean
every 6 years in the period 1980-1998. The convention is that the name is retired after a major hurricane.
Prior to 1979, only female names were used. The name "Georges" was replaced in 2004 by "Gaston
".
Tropical cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a storm system characterized by a large low-pressure center and numerous thunderstorms that produce strong winds and heavy rain. Tropical cyclones strengthen when water evaporated from the ocean is released as the saturated air rises, resulting in condensation of water vapor...
s in the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
every 6 years in the period 1980-1998. The convention is that the name is retired after a major hurricane.
Prior to 1979, only female names were used. The name "Georges" was replaced in 2004 by "Gaston
Hurricane Gaston (2004)
Hurricane Gaston was a minimal hurricane that made landfall in South Carolina on August 29, 2004. It then crossed North Carolina and Virginia before exiting to the northeast and dissipating. The storm killed nine people — eight of them directly — and caused $130 million in damage....
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- 1980's Hurricane Georges - category 1 hurricane looped across the north Atlantic Ocean without causing any reported damage.
- 1986 - not used
- 1992 - not used
- 1998's Hurricane GeorgesHurricane GeorgesHurricane Georges was a very destructive, powerful and long-lived Cape Verde-type Category 4 hurricane. Georges was the seventh tropical storm, fourth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season...
- category 4 storm that wrought death and destruction across the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico.
See also
- Hurricane George (disambiguation)