word | | Natural hazards |
| mudslides | Algeria | mountainous areas subject to severe earthquakes; mudslides and floods in rainy season |
| mudslides | Kazakhstan | earthquakes in the south, mudslides around Almaty |
| mudslides | Venezuela | subject to floods, rockslides, mudslides; periodic droughts |
| name | Bhutan | violent storms from the Himalayas are the source of the country's name, which translates as Land of the Thunder Dragon; frequent landslides during the rainy season |
| narrow | Christmas Island | the narrow fringing reef surrounding the island can be a maritime hazard |
| narrow | United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges | Baker, Howland, and Jarvis Islands: the narrow fringing reef surrounding the island can be a maritime hazard Kingman Reef: wet or awash most of the time, maximum elevation of less than 2 ... |
| natural | Cote d'Ivoire | coast has heavy surf and no natural harbors; during the rainy season torrential flooding is possible |
| natural | World | large areas subject to severe weather (tropical cyclones), natural disasters (earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions) |
| navigational | Indian Ocean | occasional icebergs pose navigational hazard in southern reaches |
| Niger | Mali | hot, dust-laden harmattan haze common during dry seasons; recurring droughts; occasional Niger River flooding |
| Nina | Pacific Ocean | ... and Mexico from June to October (most common in August and September); cyclical El Nino/La Nina phenomenon occurs in the equatorial Pacific, influencing weather in the Western Hemisphere and the western ... |
| Nino | Pacific Ocean | ... Central America and Mexico from June to October (most common in August and September); cyclical El Nino/La Nina phenomenon occurs in the equatorial Pacific, influencing weather in the Western Hemisphere and ... |
| north | Benin | hot, dry, dusty harmattan wind may affect north from December to March |
| north | Canada | continuous permafrost in north is a serious obstacle to development; cyclonic storms form east of the Rocky Mountains, a result of the mixing of air masses from the Arctic, Pacific, and North ... |
| north | Chad | hot, dry, dusty harmattan winds occur in north; periodic droughts; locust plagues |
| north | Pacific Ocean | ... weather in the Western Hemisphere and the western Pacific; ships subject to superstructure icing in extreme north from October to May; persistent fog in the northern Pacific can be a maritime hazard ... |
| north | Pakistan | frequent earthquakes, occasionally severe especially in north and west; flooding along the Indus after heavy rains (July and August) |
| north | Togo | hot, dry harmattan wind can reduce visibility in north during winter; periodic droughts |
| north | Uruguay | seasonally high winds (the pampero is a chilly and occasional violent wind that blows north from the Argentine pampas), droughts, floods; because of the absence of mountains, which act as weather barriers ... |
| northeast | 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 |
| northeast | Bolivia | flooding in the northeast (March-April) |
| northeast | Brazil | recurring droughts in northeast; floods and occasional frost in south |
| northeastern | Arctic Ocean | ... occasionally break away from northern 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 ... |
| northeastern | Ghana | dry, dusty, northeastern harmattan winds occur from January to March; droughts |
| northeastern | 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 |
| northern | Arctic Ocean | ice islands occasionally break away from northern 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 ... |
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