dictionary - Natural hazards

word	Country	Natural hazards
absence	Uruguay	... and occasional violent wind that blows north from the Argentine pampas), droughts, floods; because of the absence of mountains, which act as weather barriers, all locations are particularly vulnerable to rapid changes ...
across	Botswana	periodic droughts; seasonal August winds blow from the west, carrying sand and dust across the country, which can obscure visibility
act	Uruguay	... wind that blows north from the Argentine pampas), droughts, floods; because of the absence of mountains, which act as weather barriers, all locations are particularly vulnerable to rapid changes from weather fronts
active	Cape Verde	prolonged droughts; seasonal harmattan wind produces obscuring dust; volcanically and seismically active
active	Chile	severe earthquakes; active volcanism; tsunamis
active	Comoros	cyclones possible during rainy season (December to April); Le Kartala on Grand Comore is an active volcano
active	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	periodic droughts in south; Congo River floods (seasonal); in the east, in the Great Rift Valley, there are active volcanoes
active	Costa Rica	occasional earthquakes, hurricanes along Atlantic coast; frequent flooding of lowlands at onset of rainy season and landslides; active volcanoes
active	Ethiopia	geologically active Great Rift Valley susceptible to earthquakes, volcanic eruptions; frequent droughts
active	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	Mawson Peak, an active volcano, is on Heard Island
active	Japan	many dormant and some active volcanoes; about 1,500 seismic occurrences (mostly tremors) every year; tsunamis; typhoons
active	Northern Mariana Islands	active volcanoes on Pagan and Agrihan; typhoons (especially August to November)
active	Papua New Guinea	active volcanism; situated along the Pacific "Ring of Fire"; the country is subject to frequent and sometimes severe earthquakes; mud slides; tsunamis
active	Philippines	astride typhoon belt, usually affected by 15 and struck by five to six cyclonic storms per year; landslides; active volcanoes; destructive earthquakes; tsunamis
active	Saint Helena	active volcanism on Tristan da Cunha, last eruption in 1961
active	Samoa	occasional typhoons; active volcanism
active	Solomon Islands	typhoons, but rarely destructive; geologically active region with frequent earthquakes, tremors, and volcanic activity; tsunamis
active	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	the South Sandwich Islands have prevailing weather conditions that generally make them difficult to approach by ship; they are also subject to active volcanism
activity	Antarctica	... over the ocean and move clockwise along the coast; volcanism on Deception Island and isolated areas of West Antarctica; other seismic activity rare and weak; large icebergs may calve from ice shelf
activity	Cameroon	volcanic activity with periodic releases of poisonous gases from Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun volcanoes
activity	Cyprus	moderate earthquake activity; droughts
activity	Ecuador	frequent earthquakes, landslides, volcanic activity; floods; periodic droughts
activity	El Salvador	known as the Land of Volcanoes; frequent and sometimes destructive earthquakes and volcanic activity; extremely susceptible to hurricanes
activity	France	metropolitan France: flooding; avalanches; midwinter windstorms; drought; forest fires in south near the Mediterranean overseas departments: hurricanes (cyclones), flooding, volcanic activity (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion)
activity	Iceland	earthquakes and volcanic activity
activity	Jan Mayen	dominated by the volcano Haakon VII Toppen/Beerenberg; volcanic activity resumed in 1970; the most recent eruption occurred in 1985

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