word | | Natural hazards |
| hurricanes | Atlantic Ocean | ... and the Madeira Islands; ships subject to superstructure icing in extreme northern Atlantic from October to May; persistent fog can be a maritime hazard from May to September; hurricanes (May to December |
| hurricanes | Bahamas, The | hurricanes and other tropical storms cause extensive flood and wind damage |
| hurricanes | Barbados | infrequent hurricanes; periodic landslides |
| hurricanes | Belize | frequent, devastating hurricanes (June to November) and coastal flooding (especially in south) |
| hurricanes | Bermuda | hurricanes (June to November) |
| hurricanes | British Virgin Islands | hurricanes and tropical storms (July to October) |
| hurricanes | Cayman Islands | hurricanes (July to November) |
| hurricanes | Costa Rica | occasional earthquakes, hurricanes along Atlantic coast; frequent flooding of lowlands at onset of rainy season and landslides; active volcanoes |
| hurricanes | 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 |
| hurricanes | Dominica | flash floods are a constant threat; destructive hurricanes can be expected during the late summer months |
| hurricanes | El Salvador | known as the Land of Volcanoes; frequent and sometimes destructive earthquakes and volcanic activity; extremely susceptible to hurricanes |
| hurricanes | 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) |
| hurricanes | Guatemala | numerous volcanoes in mountains, with occasional violent earthquakes; Caribbean coast extremely susceptible to hurricanes and other tropical storms |
| hurricanes | Honduras | frequent, but generally mild, earthquakes; extremely susceptible to damaging hurricanes and floods along the Caribbean coast |
| hurricanes | Jamaica | hurricanes (especially July to November) |
| hurricanes | Mexico | tsunamis along the Pacific coast, volcanoes and destructive earthquakes in the center and south, and hurricanes on the Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean coasts |
| hurricanes | Montserrat | severe hurricanes (June to November); volcanic eruptions (Soufriere Hills volcano has erupted continuously since 1995) |
| hurricanes | Navassa Island | hurricanes |
| hurricanes | Netherlands Antilles | Sint Maarten, Saba, and Sint Eustatius are subject to hurricanes from July to October; Curacao and Bonaire are south of Caribbean hurricane belt and are rarely threatened |
| hurricanes | Nicaragua | destructive earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides; extremely susceptible to hurricanes |
| hurricanes | Pacific Ocean | ... southeast and east Asia from May to December (most frequent from July to October); tropical cyclones (hurricanes) may form south of Mexico and strike Central America and Mexico from June to October ... |
| hurricanes | Puerto Rico | periodic droughts; hurricanes |
| hurricanes | Saint Kitts and Nevis | hurricanes (July to October) |
| hurricanes | Saint Lucia | hurricanes and volcanic activity |
| hurricanes | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | hurricanes; Soufriere volcano on the island of Saint Vincent is a constant threat |
| hurricanes | Trinidad and Tobago | outside usual path of hurricanes and other tropical storms |
| hurricanes | Turks and Caicos Islands | frequent hurricanes |
| hurricanes | United States | tsunamis, volcanoes, and earthquake activity around Pacific Basin; hurricanes along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts; tornadoes in the midwest and southeast; mud slides in California; forest fires in the west ... |
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