OCHA Regional Office for Asia Pacific Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: Natural Hazard Risks Issued: 01 June 2007
Seismic, Volcanic and Tropical Storm Risk All Natural Hazard Risks
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) The bar chart below shows the degree of exposure to Regional Office for Asia Pacific (ROAP) natural hazards and the percentage of area affected. Executive Suite, 2nd Floor, UNCC Building Kyongchung Tsunamis and storm surges are a threat to coastal !( regions, particularly gulfs, bays, and estuaries. Flood Rajdamnern Nok Ave, Bangkok 10200, Thailand !( http://ochaonline.un.org/roap Hoeryong hazard results from river floods and torrential rain. !( Drought is caused by major deviations from the normal CHINA Unggi amounts of precipitation. Frost hazard depends on HAMGYONG-BUKTO elevation and latitude.
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(c) 2006, Munich Reinsurance Company, Geo Risks HAMGYONG-NAMDO Research Department !( P’YONGAN-BUKTO Hongwon Sinuiju !( !( !( Hamhung Chongju Kaechon Chigyong !( !( !( Anju P’YONGAN- Sin-ni!( NAMDO Sukchon!( !( !( Sunchon Pyongwon Earthquake Intensity Tropical Storm Intensity P’YONGYANG-SI Wonsan !!\ OCHA office or presence Pyongyang !( Modified Mercalli Scale Saffir-Simpson Scale !( !\ Country capital !\ Degree I-V One: 118-153 kmh !( Major town or city Degree VI Two: 154-177 kmh Nampo !( !(Hwangju KANGWON-DO International boundary HWANGHAE-NAMDO !( Degree VII Three: 178-209 kmh Songnim Demarcation line Anak Degree VIII Four: 210-249 kmh !( !( HWANGHAE- Sariwon Pyonggang Province boundary !( BUKTO !( Degree IX-XII Five: 250+ kmh Chaeryong !( Coastline / waters edge Changyon Earthquake intensity zones indicate where there is a !( Sinchon !( Ayang-ni Pyoksong 20% probability that degrees of intensity shown on the !( !( Kaesong map will be exceeded in 50 years. 010050 Ongjin!( Haeju !( Tropical storm intensity zones indicate where there is a Kilometers 10% probability of a storm of this intensity striking in KAESONG-SI Seoul the next 10 years. Storm Season: June to Nov !\ Peak month: August REPUBLIC OF KOREA Datum: WGS84. Map data source: UN Cartographic Section, Global Discovery, FAO, Smithsonian Institute, Pacific Disaster Center, UNISYS, Munich Reinsurance Group
The names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations Map Ref: OCHA_PRK_Hazard_v1_070601