Tropical Storm Chris was a weak tropical storm that made landfall in Georgia during the 1988 Atlantic hurricane season. The third storm of the season, Chris was one of five Atlantic storms in the year to make landfall on the United States coastline. Chris formed as a tropical depression in the central Atlantic Ocean on August 21 and did not reach tropical storm strength until August 28. Chris reached a peak intensity of 50 mph (80 km/h) and a low...
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