word | | Natural hazards |
| flash | Dominica | flash floods are a constant threat; destructive hurricanes can be expected during the late summer months |
| flash | Egypt | periodic droughts; frequent earthquakes, flash floods, landslides; hot, driving windstorm called khamsin occurs in spring; dust storms, sandstorms |
| flash | Equatorial Guinea | violent windstorms, flash floods |
| flash | Guyana | flash floods are a constant threat during rainy seasons |
| flash | India | droughts; flash floods, as well as widespread and destructive flooding from monsoonal rains; severe thunderstorms; earthquakes |
| flash | Switzerland | avalanches, landslides, flash floods |
| floes | 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 |
| floes | Svalbard | ice floes often block the entrance to Bellsund (a transit point for coal export) on the west coast and occasionally make parts of the northeastern coast inaccessible to maritime traffic |
| floes | Sweden | ice floes in the surrounding waters, especially in the Gulf of Bothnia, can interfere with maritime traffic |
| flood | Bahamas, The | hurricanes and other tropical storms cause extensive flood and wind damage |
| flooded | Senegal | lowlands seasonally flooded; periodic droughts |
| flooding | Afghanistan | damaging earthquakes occur in Hindu Kush mountains; flooding; droughts |
| flooding | Angola | locally heavy rainfall causes periodic flooding on the plateau |
| flooding | Argentina | San Miguel de Tucuman and Mendoza areas in the Andes subject to earthquakes; pamperos are violent windstorms that can strike the pampas and northeast; heavy flooding |
| flooding | Belgium | flooding is a threat along rivers and in areas of reclaimed coastal land, protected from the sea by concrete dikes |
| flooding | Belize | frequent, devastating hurricanes (June to November) and coastal flooding (especially in south) |
| flooding | Bolivia | flooding in the northeast (March-April) |
| flooding | Brunei | typhoons, earthquakes, and severe flooding are rare |
| flooding | Burma | destructive earthquakes and cyclones; flooding and landslides common during rainy season (June to September); periodic droughts |
| flooding | Burundi | flooding, landslides, drought |
| flooding | Cambodia | monsoonal rains (June to November); flooding; occasional droughts |
| flooding | Congo, Republic of the | seasonal flooding |
| flooding | Costa Rica | occasional earthquakes, hurricanes along Atlantic coast; frequent flooding of lowlands at onset of rainy season and landslides; active volcanoes |
| flooding | Cote d'Ivoire | coast has heavy surf and no natural harbors; during the rainy season torrential flooding is possible |
| flooding | Czech Republic | flooding |
| flooding | Denmark | flooding is a threat in some areas of the country (e.g., parts of Jutland, along the southern coast of the island of Lolland) that are protected from the sea by a system ... |
| flooding | Dominican Republic | lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding; periodic droughts |
| flooding | Estonia | sometimes flooding occurs in the spring |
| flooding | 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 |
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