Tracking westward, the wave spawned an area of low pressure two days later, which quickly strengthened into a tropical depression.

[1] Over the following five days, the hurricane tracked through the Greater Antilles, causing over 600 fatalities, mainly in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

[1] The civil defense, national emergency response team, the Red Cross, police, firefighters and the Health Ministry were dispatched for Hurricane Georges preparations.

The National Hurricane Center had predicted that as the eye of the storm moved across the island there would be rains of 5-10 inches with more in certain areas.

[1] In the Dominican Republic, Georges brought very strong winds, heavy rains and a moderate storm surge.

Nearly 10 hours of rainfall created mudslides and overflown rivers across the mountainous country, damaging many cities along the southern coast, including the capital, Santo Domingo.

120 mph (190 km/h) winds downed and uprooted trees across much of the country, littering streets with debris and mud.

Rescue workers were also searching for 30 children who went missing at a school in Cambita, which is 30 miles (48 km) from Santo Domingo.

[6] 2000 people went missing in the town of Mesopotamia, which is surrounded by the Yaque del Sur and San Juan Rivers after the republic's officials opened the nearby dam without evacuating villagers beforehand.

In the Dominican Republic, 55% of the agricultural system was lost, partly from mudslides, flash floods and river valleys.

[13] After Georges had passed by, the Dominican government declared that waterborne diseases, malaria, and dengue fever were major health concerns.

The organization sent $25,000 (1998 USD) to support purchasing of water purifying supplies, emergency construction materials and many chainsaws.

Part of that money was transferred to support a Peace Corps project to send 21,000 packages of pre-prepared foods for the island.

The first component of the project was to quickly disperse $60 million for necessary items of recovery such as medicine, housing materials and chemical products.

Another component was to fix the bridges and roads in the Dominican Republic, irrigation issues, electricity and hurricane preparedness.