 First noted as a tropical disturbance east of Ulithi within the monsoon trough on October 14 , the system moved north of due west . Slowly developing , the system evolved into a tropical depression on October 17 and tropical storm on October 18 . The cyclone reached its peak intensity before it crossed the central Philippines on October 19 and emerged into the South China sea . On October 22 , Georgia made landfall across Vietnam and crossed Laos into Thailand . The system subsequently dissipated by October 23 . 
