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  2. Lake Lanier - Wikipedia

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    Lake Lanier (officially Lake Sidney Lanier) is a reservoir in the northern portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. It was created by the completion of Buford Dam on the Chattahoochee River in 1956, and is also fed by the waters of the Chestatee River. The lake encompasses 38,000 acres (15,000 ha) or 59 sq mi (150 km 2) of water, and 692 mi (1,114 ...

  3. Georgia's Lake Lanier has claimed over 200 lives. Why do ...

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    Foster’s 11-year-old son was killed at the lake in the summer of 2012 after a boater struck him while he was floating in an inner tube. “Lake Lanier has a dark and sordid past, marked by ...

  4. 2006–2008 Southeastern United States drought - Wikipedia

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    Animation of US drought map 2006-2008. The 2006–08 Southeastern United States drought was a crippling drought that struck the southeast of the U.S. Several reasons, including an unusually strong Bermuda high pressure and La Niña in the eastern Pacific Ocean (which causes dry conditions across the southern U.S.) were responsible for the drought. 2007 was particularly dry across the region ...

  5. Lake Hartwell - Wikipedia

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    Lake Hartwell is one of the Southeastern United States' largest recreation lakes. The lake was created by the construction of the Hartwell Dam, completed in 1962 and located on the Savannah River seven miles (11 km) below the point at which the Tugaloo and Seneca Rivers join to form the Savannah. Extending 49 miles (79 km) up the Tugaloo and 45 ...

  6. Oscarville, Georgia - Wikipedia

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    Oscarville is supposedly one of multiple "drowned towns" beneath Lake Lanier. [11] Local legend alleges Lake Lanier to be haunted. [12] One commonly claimed reason for the supposed haunting is the high number of drowning deaths, [3] with over 500 deaths between the lake's formation and 2021. [5] 200 deaths occurred between 1994 and 2020. [13]

  7. Earthquakes are shaking North Georgia. Here’s what may be ...

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    Here’s what may be behind them. Drew Kann. June 14, 2024 at 12:00 PM. Miguel Martinez/Miguel Martinez. The Peach State is not typically a hotbed of seismic activity, but residents in pockets of ...

  8. Vinings man reportedly drowns at Lake Lanier Saturday ... - AOL

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    FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. - A Vinings man drowned at Bethel Park on Lake Lanier on Saturday afternoon, authorities reported. The incident occurred just before 2 p.m. Aug. 31, when a 44-year-old male was ...

  9. Tri-state water dispute - Wikipedia

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    Tri-state water dispute. Chattahoochee River in Norcross, Georgia, downstream from Lake Lanier and Buford Dam. The tri-state water dispute is a 21st-century water-use conflict among the U.S. states of Georgia, Alabama, and Florida over flows in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin and the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin.