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    Providenciales and West Caicos

    Turks and Caicos Islands · North America

    Providenciales and West Caicos is a region of the Turks and Caicos Islands, in North America. It lies on the North American 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.

    • Coastal FloodMedium
    • Extreme HeatMedium
    • TsunamiLow
    • River FloodVery Low
    • Urban FloodVery Low
    • EarthquakeVery Low
    • LandslideVery Low
    • Water ScarcityVery Low
    • WildfireVery Low

    Details and recommendations on ThinkHazard!

    Tropical Cyclones

    Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002