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The effects of Hurricane Georges in the Dominican Republic were some of the worst in its recorded history. Georges produced $1 billion of damage to the island and killed over 380 people. 7000 people evacuated to six shelters in the capital city of Santo Domingo.
The Dominican Republic had to import significant amounts of rice and other crops to compensate for the losses. [37] Death toll reports were slow in the wake of the storm, but a total of 380 people died from Hurricane Georges and leaving more than 185,000 homeless. [1] Damage in the Dominican Republic amounted to $1.8 billion (1998 USD). [38]
Over the following five days, the hurricane tracked through the Greater Antilles, causing over 600 fatalities, mainly in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. By September 25, Georges entered the Gulf of Mexico as a Category 2 hurricane .
As Georges approached the Dominican Republic, it unexpectedly developed a well-defined eye and began to intensify, attaining winds of 120 mph (195 km/h); satellite imagery suggested that Georges re-attained Category 4 intensity. [17] It made landfall on the Dominican Republic at 1230 UTC on September 22 as a Category 3 hurricane. [1]
A blind man was carried out of his flooded home by civil defence staff in the Dominican Republic, as heavy rain over the weekend displaced thousands of residents. At least 21 people died as the ...
The hurricane affected at least six different countries (Antigua, St. Kitts and Nevis, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Cuba, United States) — more than any other hurricane in years, and more than any other hurricane since until Hurricane Wilma in the 2005 season affected ten different countries.
The ship visited Grand Turk in Turks and Caicos on Monday in place of Falmouth, Jamaica, and replaced its Tuesday visit to George Town, Grand Cayman, with Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic.
Authorities in the Dominican Republic fanned out across the Caribbean country on Thursday to evaluate the damage Tropical Storm Franklin inflicted on crops and homes after causing heavy flooding ...