The latitudinal variations of the polar cusp region were examined during three intense geomagnetic storms. The variations were compared with the intensity of storm time ring current inferred from the Dst index, with the magnitude of the north-south component Bz of the interplanetary magnetic field and with substorm activity. The common feature is that the rapid equatorward shift occurred during the increase of the ring current growth and during the southward turning of the interplanetary magnetic field orientation. The equatorwardmost latitude of the cusp was reached before the peak of the ring current intensity, by a few to several hours, coinciding with the occurrence of the largest magnitude of the southward interplanetary magnetic field component. However, details of the polar cusp latitudinal movement differ from storm to storm. During the three storms studied, the poleward recovery commenced at the peak magnitude of the negative IMF Bz component, but the recovery proceeded without a clear relation to variations of the interplanetary Bz component, to the ring current intensity, or to the substorm activity. The lowest cusp latitude observed was at ~61.7¿, and the magnitude of this shift seems to be related to the magnitudes of -Bz. It is further observed that the approximate rates of the cusp macroscopic equatorward and poleward movements are about 3¿ and 1.5¿ per hour, respectively.