BIOLOGY IN HUMAN WELFARE
HUMAN HEALTH AND DISEASE
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tsunami
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storms
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volcanic eruption
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mudslide
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Detailed explanation-1: -Georgia regularly faces many types of natural disasters including hurricanes, tornadoes, severe storms, wildfires and floods.
Detailed explanation-2: -Georgia regularly faces many types of natural weather disasters including hurricanes, tornadoes, severe storms, floods, and several other hazards.
Detailed explanation-3: -Damaging thunderstorm winds, large hail, and tornadoes strike the area each year. Damaging winds occur, on average, 19 days per year.
Detailed explanation-4: -As a coastal state, Georgia is at risk for hurricanes that form in the southern Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico.
Detailed explanation-5: -Georgia is at risk of hydrometeorological hazards and natural disasters. Frequent natural disasters include landslides, floods, flash-flooding, mudflows, droughts, avalanches, heavy winds and storms.