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Article: Hurricane Georges hits Gulf Coast as New Orleans braces for deluge Waves, rain and high winds strike Mississippi, Alabama as thousands take shelter
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- September 28, 1998
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Hurricane Georges pummeled the Gulf Coast on Sunday, bringing
high wind and heavy rain to Mississippi and Alabama as New Orleans
held its breath hoping it had dodged a catastrophe.
Waves from the Gulf of Mexico leaped across beachfront roads along
U.S. 90 in Mississippi, and thousands crowded into almost 250
shelters along the state's coast. Georges' 25-foot waves clipped off
fishing piers along Alabama's coast, where there were reports of
waves smashing over concrete walls to demolish a fishing pier.
There were no deaths or injuries reported from the storm, which
earlier killed more than 300 in the Caribbean.
The Big Easy was decidedly uneasy. Authorities feared that
Georges would sit ...