{"id":25759,"date":"2026-11-01T03:47:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T21:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/georgia-tropical-system-affect-inland-town-without-coastal-storm-surge\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T03:47:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T21:47:06","slug":"georgia-tropical-system-affect-inland-town-without-coastal-storm-surge","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/georgia-tropical-system-affect-inland-town-without-coastal-storm-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"How can a tropical system affect an inland Georgia town without coastal storm surge?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How can a tropical system affect an inland Georgia town without coastal storm surge?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>Ocean waves must reach the town<\/li>\n<li>Only saltwater flooding is possible<\/li>\n<li>Inland flooding requires a coastal county<\/li>\n<li>Heavy rain can cause flooding<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","subject":[1846],"topic":[4026,4005],"education_level":[1894],"class_list":["post-25759","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","subject-geography-of-the-united-states","topic-georgia-climate-and-natural-hazards","topic-georgia-facts","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p>An inland Georgia location can face tropical-system flooding without receiving coastal storm surge.<\/p>\n\n<p>Rainfall can swell streams, overwhelm drainage, or flood low areas well inland. Identifying the mechanism matters because distance from the ocean reduces direct surge exposure without eliminating rainfall-related danger.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Ocean waves must reach the town"},{"right":"no","answer":"Only saltwater flooding is possible"},{"right":"no","answer":"Inland flooding requires a coastal county"},{"right":"yes","answer":"Heavy rain can cause flooding"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":1846,"title":"Geography of the United States","slug":"geography-of-the-united-states"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":4026,"title":"Georgia Climate and Natural Hazards","slug":"georgia-climate-and-natural-hazards"},{"id":4005,"title":"Georgia Facts","slug":"georgia-facts"}],"education_level_terms":[{"id":1894,"title":"Grade 8","slug":"grade-8"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/25759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=25759"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=25759"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=25759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}