OCHA Regional Office for Asia Pacific SOLOMON ISLANDS: Natural Hazard Risks Issued: 28 June 2007 Seismic, Volcanic and Tropical Storm Risk All Natural Hazard Risks The bar chart below shows the degree of exposure to Bagana # natural hazards and the percentage of area affected. Tsunamis and storm surges are a threat to coastal regions, particularly gulfs, bays, and estuaries. Flood PAPUA NEW hazard results from river floods and torrential rain. Polo Drought is caused by major deviations from the normal GUINEA !( CHOISEUL amounts of precipitation. Frost hazard depends on Panggoe elevation and latitude. !( !( Posarae Paraso Suavanao VELLA LAVELLA !( !( KOLOMBANGARA Lotiloti !( SANTA ISABEL !( Sulimuni Sambora Hovoro Kunji !( !( Buala !(!( !( Mbomboe NEW GEORGIA Saua MALAITA !( !( Kokenggolo Tetemara !( VANGUNU Dala Manu !( !( !( Mbareho Saira !( Auki!( Bina!( #Kavachi (c) 2006, Munich Reinsurance Company, Geo Risks Research Department Dinare!( Honiara !\ Aola !( Rere Anoni’usu !( !( GUADALCANAL !( Naho !( Veramakuru Earthquake Intensity !\ Country capital !( SAN CRISTOBAL #Tinakula Modified Mercalli Scale !( Major town or city Suuruaharau Degree I-V # Holocene volcano Storm Season: October to April SANTA CRUZ Degree VI Peak month: January Earthquake intensity zones Degree VII indicate where there is a 20% Degree VIII probability that degrees of Degree IX-XII intensity shown on the map will be exceeded in 50 years. Tropical Storm Intensity RENNELL Saffir-Simpson Scale Tropical storm intensity zones One: 118-153 kmh indicate where there is a 10% Two: 154-177 kmh probability of a storm of this intensity striking in the next 10 UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Three: 178-209 kmh years. Regional Office for Asia Pacific (ROAP) Four: 210-249 kmh 015075 Datum: WGS84. Map data source: UN Cartographic Section, Executive Suite, 2nd Floor, UNCC Building Five: 250+ kmh Global Discovery, FAO, Smithsonian Institute, Pacific Rajdamnern Nok Ave, Bangkok 10200, Thailand Kilometers Disaster Center, UNISYS, Munich Reinsurance Group http://ochaonline.un.org/roap The names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations Map Ref: OCHA_SLB_Hazard_v1_070628.