Take the Celiac Disease Quiz to learn the causes, symptoms, and treatments for the condition caused by an allergy to gluten, a digestive irritant found in many common foods. Read more: Celiac Disease (Celiac Sprue) Quiz: Test Your Digestive Disease IQ.
Natural disasters fall into three broad groups: 1. Those caused by movements of the Earth. These occur with the minimum amount of warning and include earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis. They are difficult to predict and impossible to stop.
The most common type of natural disasters in Georgia are thunderstorms that can cause widespread damage, crippling communities across the state: 1  In September 2009, continuous rain resulted in 500-year floods that affected several counties throughout northern Georgia, most of them in and around metro Atlanta.