word | | Natural hazards |
| droughts | Burma | destructive earthquakes and cyclones; flooding and landslides common during rainy season (June to September); periodic droughts |
| droughts | Cambodia | monsoonal rains (June to November); flooding; occasional droughts |
| droughts | Cape Verde | prolonged droughts; seasonal harmattan wind produces obscuring dust; volcanically and seismically active |
| droughts | Chad | hot, dry, dusty harmattan winds occur in north; periodic droughts; locust plagues |
| droughts | China | frequent typhoons (about five per year along southern and eastern coasts); damaging floods; tsunamis; earthquakes; droughts; land subsidence |
| droughts | Colombia | highlands subject to volcanic eruptions; occasional earthquakes; periodic droughts |
| droughts | 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 |
| droughts | Cuba | the east coast is subject to hurricanes from August to November (in general, the country averages about one hurricane every other year); droughts are common |
| droughts | Cyprus | moderate earthquake activity; droughts |
| droughts | Djibouti | earthquakes; droughts; occasional cyclonic disturbances from the Indian Ocean bring heavy rains and flash floods |
| droughts | Dominican Republic | lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding; periodic droughts |
| droughts | Ecuador | frequent earthquakes, landslides, volcanic activity; floods; periodic droughts |
| droughts | Egypt | periodic droughts; frequent earthquakes, flash floods, landslides; hot, driving windstorm called khamsin occurs in spring; dust storms, sandstorms |
| droughts | Eritrea | frequent droughts; locust swarms |
| droughts | Ethiopia | geologically active Great Rift Valley susceptible to earthquakes, volcanic eruptions; frequent droughts |
| droughts | European Union | flooding along coasts; avalanches in mountainous area; earthquakes in the south; volcanic eruptions in Italy; periodic droughts in Spain; ice floes in the Baltic |
| droughts | Gaza Strip | droughts |
| droughts | Ghana | dry, dusty, northeastern harmattan winds occur from January to March; droughts |
| droughts | Haiti | lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding and earthquakes; periodic droughts |
| droughts | India | droughts; flash floods, as well as widespread and destructive flooding from monsoonal rains; severe thunderstorms; earthquakes |
| droughts | Indonesia | occasional floods, severe droughts, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes, forest fires |
| droughts | Iran | periodic droughts, floods; dust storms, sandstorms; earthquakes |
| droughts | Israel | sandstorms may occur during spring and summer; droughts; periodic earthquakes |
| droughts | Jordan | droughts; periodic earthquakes |
| droughts | Korea, North | late spring droughts often followed by severe flooding; occasional typhoons during the early fall |
| droughts | Laos | floods, droughts |
| droughts | Lesotho | periodic droughts |
| droughts | Mali | hot, dust-laden harmattan haze common during dry seasons; recurring droughts; occasional Niger River flooding |
| droughts | Mauritania | hot, dry, dust/sand-laden sirocco wind blows primarily in March and April; periodic droughts |
| droughts | Morocco | northern mountains geologically unstable and subject to earthquakes; periodic droughts |
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