Department
Colón
Honduras · North America
Colón is a department of Honduras, in North America. It lies on the Caribbean Plate. Records include 1 cyclone 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
- Coastal FloodMedium
- EarthquakeMedium
- Extreme HeatMedium
- TsunamiLow
- Water ScarcityLow
- VolcanoVery Low
Tropical Cyclones
- 1998Hurricane MitchCat. 5
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002