UNDRR-ISC Hazard Information Profiles

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and International Science Council (UNDRR-ISC) Hazard Information Profiles provides a common set of hazard definitions for monitoring and reviewing implementation of the Sendai Framework, Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.

The following table provides a mapping between the UNDRR-ISC Hazard Information Profiles and the RDLS hazard_type and process type codelists. You can also download the mapping as a CSV file.

UNDRR Hazard cluster	UNDRR Specific hazard	RDL Hazard type	RDL Process type
Convective-related	Downburst
Convective-related	Lightning (Electrical storm)
Convective-related	Thunderstorm
Flood	Coastal flood	Coastal Flood	Coastal Flood
Flood	Estuarine flood	Coastal Flood	Coastal Flood
Flood	Flash flood	Flood	Pluvial Flood
Flood	Fluvial (riverine flood)	Flood	Fluvial Flood
Flood	Groundwater flood	Flood	Groundwater Flood
Flood	Ice-jam flood including debris
Flood	Ponding flood	Flood	Pluvial Flood
Flood	Snowmelt flood
Flood	Surface water flooding	Flood	Pluvial Flood
Flood	Glacial lake outburst flood
Lithometeors	Black carbon (Brown clouds)
Lithometeors	Dust storm or Sandstorm
Lithometeors	Fog
Lithometeors	Haze
Lithometeors	Polluted air
Lithometeors	Sand haze
Lithometeors	Smoke
Marine	Ocean acidification
Marine	Rogue wave
Marine	Sea water intrusion
Marine	Sea ice (ice bergs)
Marine	Ice flow
Marine	Seiche
Marine	Storm surge	Coastal Flood	Storm Surge
Marine	Storm tides
Marine	Tsunami	Tsunami	Tsunami
Pressure-related	Depression or cyclone	Strong Wind	Tropical cyclone
Pressure-related	Extra-tropical cyclone	Strong Wind	Extratropical cyclone
Pressure-related	Sub-tropical cyclone	Strong Wind	Tropical cyclone
Precipitation-related	Acid rain
Precipitation-related	Blizzard
Precipitation-related	Drought	Drought	Agricultural Drought
Precipitation-related	Hail
Precipitation-related	Ice storm
Precipitation-related	Snow / Ice
Precipitation-related	Snow storm
Temperature-related	Cold wave	Extreme Temperature	Extreme cold
Temperature-related	Dzud
Temperature-related	Freeze	Extreme Temperature	Extreme cold
Temperature-related	Frost (hoar frost)	Extreme Temperature	Extreme cold
Temperature-related	Freezing rain
Temperature-related	Glaze
Temperature-related	Ground frost
Temperature-related	Heatwave	Extreme Temperature	Extreme heat
Temperature-related	Icing (including ice)
Temperature-related	Thaw
Terrestrial	Avalanche	Landslide	Snow Avalanche
Terrestrial	Mud flow	Landslide	Mudflow
Terrestrial	Rock slide	Landslide	Rockslide
Wind-related	Derecho
Wind-related	Gale (strong gale)
Wind-related	Squall
Wind-related	Subtropical storm	Strong Wind	Extratropical cyclone
Wind-related	Tropical cyclone (cyclonic wind, storm surge)	Strong Wind	Tropical cyclone
Wind-related	Tropical storm	Strong Wind	Tropical cyclone
Wind-related	Tornado	Convective Storm	Tornado
Wind-related	Wind	Strong Wind	Extratropical cyclone
Seismogenic	Earthquake	Earthquake
Seismogenic	Ground shaking (earthquake)	Earthquake	Ground Motion
Seismogenic	Liquefaction (earthquake trigger)	Earthquake	Liquefaction
Seismogenic	Surface rupture/fissuring	Earthquake	Primary Rupture and Secondary rupture
Seismogenic	Subsidence and uplift, including shoreline change (earthquake trigger)
Seismogenic	Tsunami (earthquake trigger)	Tsunami	Tsunami
Seismogenic	Landslide or debris flow (earthquake trigger)	Landslide	Landslide
Seismogenic	Ground gases (earthquake trigger)
Volcanogenic	Lava flow	Volcanic	Lava
Volcanogenic	Ash/ Tephra fall (physical and chemical)	Volcanic	Ashfall
Volcanogenic	Ballistics (volcanic)	Volcanic	Ballistics
Volcanogenic	Pyroclastic density current	Volcanic	Pyroclastic Flow
Volcanogenic	Debris flow/Lahar/Floods	Volcanic	Lahar
Volcanogenic	Landslide (volcanic trigger)	Landslide	Landslide
Volcanogenic	Ground shaking (volcanic earthquake)	Earthquake	Ground Motion
Volcanogenic	Ground gases (slow release) and Volcanic gases and aerosols (CH4, CO2, H2S, SO2 etc.)
Volcanogenic	Tsunami (volcanic trigger)	Tsunami	Tsunami
Volcanogenic	Lightning (volcanic trigger)
Volcanogenic	Urban fire (during/following volcanic eruption)
Volcanogenic	Subsidence and uplift, including shoreline change (magmatic/volcanic trigger)
Shallow geohazard	Ground shaking (induced earthquake, reservoir fll, dams, cavity collapse, underground explosion, impact, hydrocarbon felds, shale exploration, etc.)	Earthquake	Ground Motion
Shallow geohazard	Liquefaction (groundwater trigger)	Flood	Liquefaction
Shallow geohazard	Ground fissuring
Shallow geohazard	Subsidence and uplift, including shoreline change
Shallow geohazard	Localized subsidence (e.g. due to swelling clays)
Shallow geohazard	Sinkhole
Shallow geohazard	Ground gases (CH4, Rn, etc.)
Shallow geohazard	Riverbank / Coastal erosion
Shallow geohazard	Sand encroachment
Shallow geohazard	Aquifer recharge (systems failure/ outages)
Shallow geohazard	Landslide or Debris flow, including submarine landslides	Landslide	Landslide
Shallow geohazard	Rockfall	Landslide	Rockfall
Shallow geohazard	Landscape creep
Shallow geohazard	Avalanche	Landslide	Snow Avalanche
Shallow geohazard	Tsunami (submarine landslide trigger)	Tsunami	Tsunami
Environmental degradation (Forestry)	Wildfires	Wildfire	Wildfire