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Province
Samar
Philippines · Asia
Samar is a province of the Philippines, in Asia. It lies on the Sunda Plate. Records include 5 cyclones crossing it with hurricane-force winds.
Tectonic Plates
Hazard Levels
Hazard level assessed by ThinkHazard! (World Bank, GFDRR), meaning the likelihood of a damaging event, from very low to high.
- Urban FloodHigh
- Coastal FloodHigh
- EarthquakeHigh
- TsunamiHigh
- CycloneHigh
- LandslideMedium
- VolcanoMedium
- Extreme HeatMedium
- WildfireMedium
- River FloodLow
- Water ScarcityVery Low
Tropical Cyclones
- 2020Typhoon VongfongCat. 3
- 1987Typhoon PhyllisCat. 3
- 1966Typhoon IrmaCat. 4
- 1959Typhoon GildaCat. 5
- 1951Typhoon IrisCat. 5
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002