Department
Gracias a Dios
Honduras · North America
Gracias a Dios is a department of Honduras, in North America. It lies on the Caribbean Plate. Records include 3 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
- CycloneHigh
- WildfireHigh
- Coastal FloodMedium
- EarthquakeMedium
- Extreme HeatMedium
- Urban FloodLow
- LandslideLow
- TsunamiLow
- Water ScarcityLow
Tropical Cyclones
- 1978Hurricane Greta:oliviaCat. 4
- 1971Hurricane EdithCat. 4
- 1961Hurricane AnnaCat. 2
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002