word | | Natural hazards |
| flooding | 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) |
| flooding | Germany | flooding |
| flooding | Haiti | lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding and earthquakes; periodic droughts |
| flooding | India | droughts; flash floods, as well as widespread and destructive flooding from monsoonal rains; severe thunderstorms; earthquakes |
| flooding | Italy | regional risks include landslides, mudflows, avalanches, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, flooding; land subsidence in Venice |
| flooding | Kenya | recurring drought; flooding during rainy seasons |
| flooding | Korea, North | late spring droughts often followed by severe flooding; occasional typhoons during the early fall |
| flooding | Malaysia | flooding, landslides, forest fires |
| flooding | Mali | hot, dust-laden harmattan haze common during dry seasons; recurring droughts; occasional Niger River flooding |
| flooding | Nepal | severe thunderstorms, flooding, landslides, drought, and famine depending on the timing, intensity, and duration of the summer monsoons |
| flooding | Netherlands | flooding |
| flooding | Nigeria | periodic droughts; flooding |
| flooding | Pakistan | frequent earthquakes, occasionally severe especially in north and west; flooding along the Indus after heavy rains (July and August) |
| flooding | Paraguay | local flooding in southeast (early September to June); poorly drained plains may become boggy (early October to June) |
| flooding | Peru | earthquakes, tsunamis, flooding, landslides, mild volcanic activity |
| flooding | Poland | flooding |
| flooding | Slovenia | flooding and earthquakes |
| flooding | Tanzania | flooding on the central plateau during the rainy season; drought |
| flooding | United States | ... the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts; tornadoes in the midwest and southeast; mud slides in California; forest fires in the west; flooding; permafrost in northern Alaska, a major impediment to development |
| flooding | Vietnam | occasional typhoons (May to January) with extensive flooding, especially in the Mekong River delta |
| floods | Albania | destructive earthquakes; tsunamis occur along southwestern coast; floods; drought |
| floods | Algeria | mountainous areas subject to severe earthquakes; mudslides and floods in rainy season |
| floods | Brazil | recurring droughts in northeast; floods and occasional frost in south |
| floods | Central African Republic | hot, dry, dusty harmattan winds affect northern areas; floods are common |
| floods | China | frequent typhoons (about five per year along southern and eastern coasts); damaging floods; tsunamis; earthquakes; droughts; land subsidence |
| floods | 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 |
| floods | Djibouti | earthquakes; droughts; occasional cyclonic disturbances from the Indian Ocean bring heavy rains and flash floods |
| floods | Dominica | flash floods are a constant threat; destructive hurricanes can be expected during the late summer months |
| floods | Ecuador | frequent earthquakes, landslides, volcanic activity; floods; periodic droughts |
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