The name George has been used for three

tropical cyclone A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Dep ...

s in the Atlantic Ocean and for one in the Australian region of the South-East Indian Ocean. In the Atlantic: * 1947 Fort Lauderdale hurricane, designated "George" by the Weather Bureau office in Miami * Hurricane George (1950), developed southeast of Bermuda, intensified to Category 2 hurricane and became extratropical south of Newfoundland * Tropical Storm George (1951), struck Bay of Campeche and made landfall in Tampico, Mexico In the Australian region: *

Cyclone George Severe Tropical Cyclone George was one of the most powerful Australian tropical cyclones on record, attaining a minimum barometric pressure of 902 mbar ( hPa; 26.64 inHg). It was also the strongest tropical cyclone worldwide in 2007 ...

(2007), developed in the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, intensified to a Category 5 severe tropical cyclone (Australian scale) and hit the Pilbara coast

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