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 |
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