But that year, there were two that stood alone as headline grabbing for their sheer devastation and death toll. Hurricane Georges was a major Category 3 storm that held its strength and status long enough to devastate Saint Kitts and Nevis, Puerto-Rico and the Dominican Republic. Mitch was a very powerful and destructive late-season Category 5 hurricane that made landfall in Florida as a tropical storm after battering much of Central America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices