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This category includes articles on disasters in the United States State of Georgia (U.S. state) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Disasters and accidents in Georgia (U.S. state) . Subcategories
The governor of Georgia made a disaster declaration, making Ware and Brantley counties eligible for government aid. Smoke closed several roads in the area, including U.S. 1. By May 9, the main fire had consumed over 116,000 acres (469 km 2), mainly south of Waycross, east of Fargo and west of Folkston in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge ...
The Sidney Lanier Bridge was a vertical-lift bridge that spanned the Brunswick River in Georgia. [1] [2] The Sidney Lanier Bridge was a 1-mile (1.6 km) long, [3] [4] four-lane automobile bridge that spanned the Brunswick River, [1] a tidal river, in Brunswick, Georgia. [5] [6] Construction on the bridge was completed in 1956.
The proliferation of counties in Georgia led to multiple state constitutional amendments attempting to limit the number of counties. The most recent such amendment, ratified in 1945, limited the number to 159 counties, although there had been 161 counties from 1924 to 1931.
This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions , structural fires , flood disasters , coal mine disasters , and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture , planning , construction , design , and more.
Five people are dead after a wreck in Georgia, deputies say. Newton County deputies said a van and pickup truck collided head-on around 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 8, WSB reported. All five people ...
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The Thiokol-Woodbine explosion occurred at 10:53 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, February 3, 1971, at the Thiokol chemical plant, 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Woodbine, Georgia, and 30 miles (48 km) north of Jacksonville, Florida, when large quantities of flares and their components in building M-132 were ignited by a fire and detonation occurred.