Province
Matanzas
Cuba · North America
Matanzas is a province of Cuba, in North America. It lies on the North American Plate. Records include 2 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.
- River FloodHigh
- Urban FloodHigh
- Coastal FloodHigh
- CycloneHigh
- WildfireHigh
- Extreme HeatMedium
- EarthquakeLow
- LandslideLow
- TsunamiLow
- Water ScarcityLow
Tropical Cyclones
- 2005Hurricane DennisCat. 4
- 1996Hurricane LiliCat. 3
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002