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| Title: | NORTH AMERICAN REGIONS AT RISK FOR HURRICANES |
| Caption: | Areas shown are based on the likelihood that a hurricane will pass within 160 km (100 mi.). Highest risk area (red area) is likely to experience 60 hurricanes, the high-risk area 40 to 60 hurricanes, and the moderate risk area less than 40 hurricanes in the next 100 years. Map based on observations from 1888 to 2005. (Modified from U.S. Geological Survey and NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory) |
| Keywords: | atmosphere, hurricanes, hazard maps |