Hurricane George

Hurricane George September 15, 1998 to October 1, 1998George was the second deadliest and strongest hurricane within the Atlantic Basin during the 1998 season. This storm lasted 17 days with 7 landfalls, it pass through northeastern Caribbean and the coast of Mississippi. Leaving 602 fatalities mostly in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Georges Originates As a tropical wave, which crossed the west coast of Africa by September, 13, 1998.

15, Sept 1998 (Tropical Depression) Forming about 300 miles SSW of Cape Verde Islands in the far Eastern Atlantic .http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_Hurricane_Georges_in_Puerto_Rico 324 hours later the tropical depression continued to organized as a banding features developed and deep convection formed over the center of the storm. The system became a tropical storm on September, 16, 1998. This storm continued to move WNW for ten days, a classic Cape Verde type and strengthening with height. It reach hurricane stage the 17 of September when the eye became visible in the satellite imagery.When this was noticed the hurricane rapidly strengthen. The 19 of September it was confirm to be category 4 hurricane. Winds of 146 knots and a minimum pressure of 938 MB.

Landfalls 21/0430966 mb

100 knots

Antigua3 SM SE of Falmouth

21/0800

966 mb

100 knots

St. Kitts8 SM SE of Basseterre

21/2200 968 mb 100 knotsPuerto Rico20 SM SW of Fajardo 22/1230 962 mb105 knotsDominican Republic84 SM E of Santo Domingo 23/2130 993 mb65 knots Cuba30 SM E of Guantanamo Bay 25/1530 981 mb90 knots Key West, Florida 28/1130 964 mb90 knots Biloxi, Mississippi Hurricane George Path

Forecast The weather forecast for this storm was a good forecast. The slow movement of the storm over the northern central Gulf of Mexico contributed to low errors. Most of the tracks model guidance were really accurate just for the exception of BAMS, AVNI, AVNO and A98E.

This diagram shows how Hurricane George pass through Puerto Rico , Dominican Republic, Cuba, Key west and parts of the US. Focus On Puerto Rico Hurricane George was the worst hurricane to hit Puerto Rico since hurricane San Ciprian in 1932. Hurricane George was a category 3 hurricane when it hit Puerto Rico. This storm crossed the entire island from east to west. Around 6:00 Pm this Hurricane made landfall in eastern Puerto Rico with winds of 100 knots. Georges continued in a WNW direction over eastern Puerto Rico with a very impressive eastern eye wall showed in the San Juan Radar. http://www.srh.noaa.gov/sju/?n=1998_georges_loop After passing the mountain range in PR the storm weaken back to category 2 by orographic effect. Winds of 95 knots affected the west part of the island and the eye left the island at 1 am September, 22, 1998.

The path of Hurricane George This is were I use to live an my house didnt get affected, but we received a lot of rain and the river over flooded. RinconSeptember 22nd - 12:45 AM AST100 / East130 / Easthttp://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/FS-040-99/11

This is the rainfall accumulation analysis, but we can see that in the west part of the Island they have insufficient data recorded. But I was living there at that time and most of the areas were flooded and the one of the biggest rivers in the area call ( Rio Grande de Anasco) over flooded and most of the agriculture and houses got affected. http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/FS-040-99/12Hurricane George

Destruction Hurricane George was the second hurricane most destructive in the 1998 season. 602 death were reported mostly in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, because of flooding and mud slides. The damage in the US was estimated of 6 million dollars. Puerto Rico of the US territories was one of the most affected. 72, 605 houses affected by the storm of which 28,005 houses were destroyed. 26,000 people took shelter during the storm. The electric system and water system where shut down in the whole island. Roads and infrastructure were affected mainly by flooding and mudslides Total damage: $1,907,026,374

Western eye wall in Gurabo, PR. http://markwallheiser.photoshelter.com/image/I0000xU2XRzqnkIM

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University Of Puerto Rico, Humacao

http://markwallheiser.photoshelter.com/image/I0000xU2XRzqnkIMMud slide and rivers destroying houses and roads.

ommons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Home_destroyed_by_Hurricane_Georges_in_Puerto_Rico.jpgInteresting Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyTLvHvdiG4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1J4urMZbZoForecasting George http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je_1isy6qiY Florida Keys http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgep73mwtV4

Puerto Ricohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx7XTWXS_EU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xel9iOjOzk

References NWS San Juan NWS Hurricane Center http://orca.rsmas.miami.edu/~johnc/Research.htm