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    OCHA Regional Office for Asia Pacific Issued: 23 February 2007 INDIA: Natural Hazard Risks # Seismic, Volcanic and Tropical Storm Risk Islamabad. Tsunamis and storm surges are a threat to coastal regions, particularly gulfs, bays, and estuaries. The flood hazard results from river floods and torrential rain. The frost hazard depends on the elevation and the latitude.

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    OCHA Regional Office for Asia Pacific Issued: 23 February 2007 INDIA: Natural Hazard Risks # Seismic, Volcanic and Tropical Storm Risk Islamabad. Tsunamis and storm surges are a threat to coastal regions, particularly gulfs, bays, and estuaries. The flood hazard results from river floods and torrential rain. The frost hazard depends on the elevation and the latitude.

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    OCHA Regional Office for Asia Pacific Issued: 23 February 2007

    INDIA: Natural Hazard Risks


    #

    Seismic, Volcanic and Tropical Storm Risk


    Islamabad

    ! \ !

    JAMMU AND KASHMIR

    UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Regional Office for Asia Pacific (ROAP) Executive Suite, 2nd Floor, UNCC Building Rajdamnern Nok Ave, Bangkok 10200, Thailand http://ochaonline.un.org/roap

    PA KIS TAN

    ( !

    HIMACHAL Amritsar PRADESH


    ( !

    Ludhiana

    PUNJAB

    ( !

    Chandigarh

    C H I NA
    Indian Line

    HARYANA

    New Delhi
    ( !

    Bikaner Jaipur

    ( ! ! \

    ( !

    Meerut

    ( !

    Moradabad Bareilly ( ! Aligarh


    ( !

    NEPAL
    Kathmandu

    Chinese Line

    Agra

    ( !

    ( ! ( !

    Jodhpur Kota

    ( !

    UTTAR PRADESH Lucknow Gorakhpur ( ! ( ! Gwalior Kanpur


    ( !

    ! \ !
    Patna

    SIKKIM

    !BHUTAN \
    ( MEGHALAYA !

    Thimphu

    ARUNACHAL PRADESH

    RAJASTHAN

    Allahabad
    ( !

    Varanasi
    ( ! ( !

    ( !

    ASSAM Dimapur ( Shillong ! NAGALAND


    ( !

    ( !

    Aurangabad

    Silchar Imphal
    ( !

    BIHAR
    ( !

    BANGLADESH
    Dhaka

    MANIPUR

    GUJARAT
    Rajkot
    ( !

    ( !

    Ahmadabad
    ( !

    Indore
    ( !

    ( !

    Bhopal

    ( !

    Jabalpur

    Ranchi

    Vadodara
    ( !

    MADHYA PRADESH
    Amravati ! Nagpur (
    ( !

    WEST BENGAL ( Jamshedpur ! Kolkata


    ( !

    ! \

    TRIPURA MIZORAM

    Bhavnagar

    ( !

    Surat

    ( !

    Raipur

    MYANMAR
    ORISSA

    ( !

    Aurangabad

    Mumbai! (
    ( !

    ( !

    MAHARASHTRA Pimpri
    Sholapur
    ( ! ( !

    Warangal

    ( !

    Hyderabad Vijayawada

    GOA

    ( !

    Hubli

    Guntur ! ( ( ! ANDHRA PRADESH

    Storm Season: May to Nov Peak month: October

    ! \

    Yangon

    KARNATAKA
    Bangalore Chennai

    ( !

    ( !

    TAMIL NADU Storm Season: May to Nov Peak month: June KERALA
    ( !

    # Barren Island

    Coimbatore

    ( ! ( !

    Tiruchchirappalli

    Madurai

    All Natural Hazard Risks


    The bar chart below show the degree of exposure to natural hazards and the percentage of area affected. Tsunamis and storm surges are a threat to coastal regions, particularly gulfs, bays, and estuaries. The flood hazard results from river floods and torrential rain. The hazard of ANDAMAN dryness and drought is caused NICOBAR deviations from & by major the normal amounts of precipitation. The frost hazard depends on the elevation and the latitude.

    200 Kilometers

    400

    Legend

    ! \ ! ! \
    ( !

    ! \ !
    Earthquake Intensity Tropical Storm Intensity
    Modified Mercalli Scale Saffir-Simpson Scale
    Degree I-V One: 118-153 kmh Two: 154-177 kmh Three: 178-209 kmh Four: 210-249 kmh Five: 250+ kmh

    OCHA office or presence Country capital Major town or city International boundary

    ! \

    Degree VI Degree VII Degree VIII Degree IX-XII

    # #

    State / division boundary Mal Holocene volcano

    Earthquake intensity zones indicate where there is a 20% probability that degrees of intensity shown on the map will be exceeded in 50 years. Tropical storm intensity zones indicate where there is a 10% probability of a storm of this intensity striking in the next 10 years. Datum: WGS84. Map data source: UN Cartographic Section, Global Discovery, FAO, Smithsonian Institute, Pacific Disaster Center, UNISYS, Munich Reinsurance Group
    Dotted line represents approximately the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir agreed upon by India and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by the parties. The names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations

    (c) 2006, Munich Reinsurance Company, Geo Risks Research Department


    Map Ref: OCHA_IND_Hazard_v1_070223

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