Georgia's History Of Catastrophic Storms

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Storm surge from a landfalling hurricane on Cumberland Island, Georgia in 1898. This is looking south on Newcastle Street in Brunswick, Georgia. / Georgia Emergency Management Agency

Hurricane Irma made landfall in the United States over the weekend. It is slowly working its way north. Hurricanes are rare in Georgia, but we do get them. Our last direct hit by a major hurricane was in 1898, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t had our share of big storms. Stan Deaton, who is the senior historian of the Georgia Historical Society, recently talked about Georgia's hurricane history on his podcast, Off the Deaton Path.