word | | Natural hazards |
| landslides | Peru | earthquakes, tsunamis, flooding, landslides, mild volcanic activity |
| landslides | Philippines | astride typhoon belt, usually affected by 15 and struck by five to six cyclonic storms per year; landslides; active volcanoes; destructive earthquakes; tsunamis |
| landslides | Romania | earthquakes, most severe in south and southwest; geologic structure and climate promote landslides |
| landslides | Switzerland | avalanches, landslides, flash floods |
| landslides | Timor-Leste | floods and landslides are common; earthquakes, tsunamis, tropical cyclones |
| landslides | World | large areas subject to severe weather (tropical cyclones), natural disasters (earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions) |
| lasting | Libya | hot, dry, dust-laden ghibli is a southern wind lasting one to four days in spring and fall; dust storms, sandstorms |
| lasts | Grenada | lies on edge of hurricane belt; hurricane season lasts from June to November |
| Le | Comoros | cyclones possible during rainy season (December to April); Le Kartala on Grand Comore is an active volcano |
| level | Kiribati | typhoons can occur any time, but usually November to March; occasional tornadoes; low level of some of the islands make them sensitive to changes in sea level |
| level | Korea, South | occasional typhoons bring high winds and floods; low-level seismic activity common in southwest |
| level | Maldives | low level of islands makes them sensitive to sea level rise |
| level | Tuvalu | severe tropical storms are usually rare, but, in 1997, there were three cyclones; low level of islands make them sensitive to changes in sea level |
| lies | Aruba | hurricanes; lies outside the Caribbean hurricane belt and is rarely threatened |
| lies | Dominican Republic | lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding; periodic droughts |
| lies | Grenada | lies on edge of hurricane belt; hurricane season lasts from June to November |
| lies | Haiti | lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding and earthquakes; periodic droughts |
| lies | Seychelles | lies outside the cyclone belt, so severe storms are rare; short droughts possible |
| lies | Tokelau | lies in Pacific typhoon belt |
| local | Paraguay | local flooding in southeast (early September to June); poorly drained plains may become boggy (early October to June) |
| locally | Angola | locally heavy rainfall causes periodic flooding on the plateau |
| locations | Uruguay | ... wind that blows north from the Argentine pampas), droughts, floods; because of the absence of mountains, which act as weather barriers, all locations are particularly vulnerable to rapid changes from weather fronts |
| locked | Arctic Ocean | ... Ellesmere Island; icebergs calved from glaciers in western Greenland and extreme northeastern Canada; permafrost in islands; virtually ice locked from October to June; ships subject to superstructure icing from October to May |
| locust | Chad | hot, dry, dusty harmattan winds occur in north; periodic droughts; locust plagues |
| locust | Eritrea | frequent droughts; locust swarms |
| locust | Madagascar | periodic cyclones, drought, and locust infestation |
| Lolland | Denmark | ... 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 of dikes |
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