Department
Centre
Haiti · North America
Centre is a department of Haiti, in North America. It lies on the Caribbean 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
- LandslideHigh
- CycloneHigh
- WildfireHigh
- EarthquakeMedium
- Water ScarcityMedium
- Extreme HeatMedium
Tropical Cyclones
- 1998Hurricane GeorgesCat. 4
- 1979Hurricane DavidCat. 5
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002