Department
Chontales
Nicaragua · North America
Chontales is a department of Nicaragua, 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
- EarthquakeHigh
- LandslideHigh
- VolcanoHigh
- CycloneHigh
- WildfireHigh
- Extreme HeatMedium
- Water ScarcityLow
Tropical Cyclones
- 1988Hurricane Joan:miriamCat. 4
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002