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===Climate=== {{unreferenced section|date=March 2019}} Douglas County has been experiencing numerous natural disasters over the most recent decades. Being located in the South Eastern United States the county experiences strong storms and tornadoes often because of its location in [[Dixie Alley]]. A [[tornado]] touched down in the city of Douglasville on March 7, 2008, damaging many homes and ripping one home in half in the Brookmont subdivision on Chapel Hill Road. [[Arbor Place Mall]] also reported broken windows from the storm. The tornado also damaged the Chapel Hill [[Kroger]] grocery store and threw a heavy [[air conditioning]] unit onto cars below. There was only one injury reported from the storm. Another tornado touched down in Douglas County on [[Tornado outbreak sequence of May 7β11, 2008|May 11, 2008]], known as the "[[Mother's Day (United States)|Mother's Day]] Tornado". The EF2 tornado caused damage all over the county. The tornado touched down in the [[Fairplay, Douglas County, Georgia|Fairplay]] area and moved through the rest of the county. The tornado packing wind speeds up to {{convert|110|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} downed many trees and damaged many homes in the county. A [[filling station]] in Douglasville was destroyed by the storm, with the large roof being thrown onto the street. No injuries or deaths were reported. The [[governor of Georgia]] declared a [[state of emergency]] for Douglas County and many other counties in the state on May 12, 2008. This is the first time in history that two tornados have touched down in Douglas County in the same year. The county has suffered through numerous ice storms throughout the years. The ice storms bring everything to a stand still in the area due to the lack of equipment to deal with the problem and drastic amounts of power outages. Some of the worst ice storms were in 1938, 1994, 1998, 2000, [[December 2005 North American ice storm|2005]], and 2010. In 2007 the county suffered one of the worst droughts in the area's history, causing a complete [[outdoor water-use restriction|watering ban]] and resulting in the largest wildfire in Georgia history. The fire was located in south east Georgia, but it still affected the county with smoke often through the life of the fire. In 2005 [[Hurricane Katrina]]'s remnants tore through the area spawning tornadoes, causing wind damage, and flooding rains. Katrina killed 2 people in Georgia Sunday night on [[January 8β13, 2011, North American blizzard|January 9, 2011]], right after Douglasville's [[December 2010 North American blizzard|first white Christmas in decades]], a snowstorm developed over Douglas County and caused as much as 8 inches of snow in the area. The storm closed grocery stores, the courthouse, and Arbor Place Mall until that Wednesday January 12. Schools were closed the entire second week of January. The March [[1993 Storm of the Century]] brought {{convert|17|in|cm|0}} to Douglasville, with drifts measuring several feet. On [[2009 Southeastern United States floods|September 21, 2009]], Douglas County was devastated by the worst flood in Georgia history. Over {{convert|18|in|sigfig=2}} of rain fell in one night causing many roads to be destroyed and many homes a total loss. The county was later declared a [[disaster area]], and the governor of Georgia declared a state of emergency. The floodings worst affected areas were in the areas of Douglasville, Villa Rica, Austell, Lithia Springs, and Chapel Hill. The disaster killed more than eight people in the county, most of them in the Douglasville area. The Austell death toll was also high but it was reported in the Cobb County losses.
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