word | | Natural hazards |
| Paul | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | Ile Amsterdam and Ile Saint-Paul are inactive volcanoes; Iles Eparses subject to periodic cyclones; Bassas da India is a maritime hazard since it is under water for a period of three ... |
| Peak | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | Mawson Peak, an active volcano, is on Heard Island |
| Peninsula | Russia | ... a major impediment to development; volcanic activity in the Kuril Islands; volcanoes and earthquakes on the Kamchatka Peninsula; spring floods and summer/autumn forest fires throughout Siberia and parts of European Russia |
| period | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | ... to periodic cyclones; Bassas da India is a maritime hazard since it is under water for a period of three hours prior to and following the high tide and surrounded by reefs |
| periodic | Angola | locally heavy rainfall causes periodic flooding on the plateau |
| periodic | Antigua and Barbuda | hurricanes and tropical storms (July to October); periodic droughts |
| periodic | Bahrain | periodic droughts; dust storms |
| periodic | Barbados | infrequent hurricanes; periodic landslides |
| periodic | Botswana | periodic droughts; seasonal August winds blow from the west, carrying sand and dust across the country, which can obscure visibility |
| periodic | Burma | destructive earthquakes and cyclones; flooding and landslides common during rainy season (June to September); periodic droughts |
| periodic | Cameroon | volcanic activity with periodic releases of poisonous gases from Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun volcanoes |
| periodic | Chad | hot, dry, dusty harmattan winds occur in north; periodic droughts; locust plagues |
| periodic | Colombia | highlands subject to volcanic eruptions; occasional earthquakes; periodic droughts |
| periodic | 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 |
| periodic | Dominican Republic | lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding; periodic droughts |
| periodic | Ecuador | frequent earthquakes, landslides, volcanic activity; floods; periodic droughts |
| periodic | Egypt | periodic droughts; frequent earthquakes, flash floods, landslides; hot, driving windstorm called khamsin occurs in spring; dust storms, sandstorms |
| periodic | European Union | flooding along coasts; avalanches in mountainous area; earthquakes in the south; volcanic eruptions in Italy; periodic droughts in Spain; ice floes in the Baltic |
| periodic | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | Ile Amsterdam and Ile Saint-Paul are inactive volcanoes; Iles Eparses subject to periodic cyclones; Bassas da India is a maritime hazard since it is under water for a period of three ... |
| periodic | Haiti | lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding and earthquakes; periodic droughts |
| periodic | Iran | periodic droughts, floods; dust storms, sandstorms; earthquakes |
| periodic | Israel | sandstorms may occur during spring and summer; droughts; periodic earthquakes |
| periodic | Jordan | droughts; periodic earthquakes |
| periodic | Lesotho | periodic droughts |
| periodic | Madagascar | periodic cyclones, drought, and locust infestation |
| periodic | Mauritania | hot, dry, dust/sand-laden sirocco wind blows primarily in March and April; periodic droughts |
| periodic | Morocco | northern mountains geologically unstable and subject to earthquakes; periodic droughts |
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