On March 20, a 70 miles per hour (110 km/h)* tropical storm was located in the Marshall Islands and given the name Georgia.[1] Georgia entered a period of rapid deepening and strengthened into a typhoon later that same day.[1] The next morning, Georgia began to sharply recurve as it continued to strengthen. The storm briefly reached it's peak strength of 140 miles per hour (230 km/h)* during the night of March 21.[1] Georgia weakened slightly to a strong category 3 typhoon and remained at this strength until the 23rd when it reached colder waters.[1] The storm weakened into a tropical storm on March 24 and became extratropical the next day. Georgia caused no reports of damage or deaths in the Marshall Islands.
