word | | Natural hazards |
| dominated | Jan Mayen | dominated by the volcano Haakon VII Toppen/Beerenberg; volcanic activity resumed in 1970; the most recent eruption occurred in 1985 |
| dormant | Japan | many dormant and some active volcanoes; about 1,500 seismic occurrences (mostly tremors) every year; tsunamis; typhoons |
| drafts | Southern Ocean | huge icebergs with drafts up to several hundred meters; smaller bergs and iceberg fragments; sea ice (generally 0.5 to 1 m thick) with sometimes dynamic short-term variations and with large annual ... |
| Dragon | Bhutan | violent storms from the Himalayas are the source of the country's name, which translates as Land of the Thunder Dragon; frequent landslides during the rainy season |
| drained | Paraguay | local flooding in southeast (early September to June); poorly drained plains may become boggy (early October to June) |
| driven | Antarctica | katabatic (gravity-driven) winds blow coastward from the high interior; frequent blizzards form near the foot of the plateau; cyclonic storms form over the ocean and move clockwise along the coast; volcanism ... |
| driving | Egypt | periodic droughts; frequent earthquakes, flash floods, landslides; hot, driving windstorm called khamsin occurs in spring; dust storms, sandstorms |
| dropped | Gambia, The | drought (rainfall has dropped by 30% in the last 30 years) |
| drought | Albania | destructive earthquakes; tsunamis occur along southwestern coast; floods; drought |
| drought | Burundi | flooding, landslides, drought |
| drought | 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) |
| drought | Gambia, The | drought (rainfall has dropped by 30% in the last 30 years) |
| drought | Kenya | recurring drought; flooding during rainy seasons |
| drought | Madagascar | periodic cyclones, drought, and locust infestation |
| drought | Mongolia | dust storms, grassland and forest fires, drought, and "zud," which is harsh winter conditions |
| drought | Namibia | prolonged periods of drought |
| drought | Nepal | severe thunderstorms, flooding, landslides, drought, and famine depending on the timing, intensity, and duration of the summer monsoons |
| drought | Swaziland | drought |
| drought | Tanzania | flooding on the central plateau during the rainy season; drought |
| drought | Zambia | periodic drought, tropical storms (November to April) |
| droughts | Afghanistan | damaging earthquakes occur in Hindu Kush mountains; flooding; droughts |
| droughts | Antigua and Barbuda | hurricanes and tropical storms (July to October); periodic droughts |
| droughts | Armenia | occasionally severe earthquakes; droughts |
| droughts | Australia | cyclones along the coast; severe droughts; forest fires |
| droughts | Azerbaijan | droughts |
| droughts | Bahrain | periodic droughts; dust storms |
| droughts | Bangladesh | droughts, cyclones; much of the country routinely inundated during the summer monsoon season |
| droughts | Botswana | periodic droughts; seasonal August winds blow from the west, carrying sand and dust across the country, which can obscure visibility |
| droughts | Brazil | recurring droughts in northeast; floods and occasional frost in south |
| droughts | Burkina Faso | recurring droughts |
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