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OCHA Regional Office for Asia Pacific AFGHANISTAN: Natural Hazard Risks Issued: 12 July 2007 Seismic, Volcanic and Tropical Storm Risk UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Regional Office for Asia Pacific (ROAP), Executive Suite, 2nd Floor, UNCC T A J I K I S T A N Building, Rajdamnern Nok Ave, Bangkok 10200, Thailand http://ochaonline.un.org/roap T U R K M E N I S T A N Qarqin Qarchi Gak Andkhvoy 17 15 Khandud 27 Mazar-e Sharif Khanabad Taloqan Balkh Kholm 16 Eshkashem Farkhar 26 Baghlan JAMMU Tokzar Aybak AND 28 19 Nahrin 18 9 KASHMIR Chiras Bala Morghab 8 14 Asmar 31 Charikar 2 13 3 Mehtar Lam Chaghcharan 1 7 Ghurian Herat Panjab 10 Kabul Jalalabad 4 6 20 Achin 32 5 Islamabad 21 Ghazni 12 Shindand 11 25 Anar Darreh Baghran 22 Zarghun 33 Shahr Farah 24 Sangin 23 Gereshk Afghanistan Provinces Lashkar Gah Kandahar 1. Kabul 18. Samangan 2. Kapisa 19. Sari Pul 3. Parwan 20. Ghor Zaranj 30 4. Maydan Wardak 21. Daykundi 5. Logar 22. Uruzgan 34 29 6. Nangarhar 23. Zabul Mirabad 7. Laghman 24. Paktika 8. Panjsher 25. Khost 9. Baghlan 26. Balkh Rudbar 10. Bamyan 27. Jawzjan 11. Ghazni 28. Faryab 12. Paktya 29. Hilmand 13. Kunar 30. Kandahar 14. Nuristan 31. Badghis 15. Badakhshan 32. Hirat 16. Ta kh a r 33. Farah P A K I S T A N 17. Kunduz 34. Nimroz Ta ft an I N D I A I R A N 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, Earthquake Intensity Tropical Storm Intensity OCHA office or presence particularly gulfs, bays, and estuaries. The flood hazard results from river floods and torrential rain. The hazard of Modified Mercalli Scale Saffir-Simpson Scale P A K I S T A N Country capital dryness and drought is caused by major deviations from Degree I-V One: 118-153 kmh Major town or city the normal amounts of precipitation. The frost hazard Degree VI Two: 154-177 kmh depends on the elevation and the latitude. International boundary Degree VII Three: 178-209 kmh Line of control Degree VIII Four: 210-249 kmh Province boundary Degree IX-XII Five: 250+ kmh Holocene volcanoP A K I S T A N Earthquake intensity zones indicate where there is a 20% probability that degrees of intensity shown on I N D I A the map will be exceeded in 50 years. 0200100 I N D I A I N D I A Tropical storm intensity zones indicate where there is Kilometers a 10% probability of a storm of this intensity striking I N D I A 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 I N D I A (c) 2006, Munich Reinsurance Company, Geo Risks 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. Research Department The names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations Map Ref: OCHA_AFG_Hazard_v1_070712.

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