word | | Natural hazards |
| plateau | Tanzania | flooding on the central plateau during the rainy season; drought |
| point | 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 |
| poisonous | Cameroon | volcanic activity with periodic releases of poisonous gases from Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun volcanoes |
| poorly | Paraguay | local flooding in southeast (early September to June); poorly drained plains may become boggy (early October to June) |
| pose | Ashmore and Cartier Islands | surrounded by shoals and reefs that can pose maritime hazards |
| pose | Indian Ocean | occasional icebergs pose navigational hazard in southern reaches |
| pose | Mauritius | cyclones (November to April); almost completely surrounded by reefs that may pose maritime hazards |
| pose | Spratly Islands | typhoons; numerous reefs and shoals pose a serious maritime hazard |
| possible | Comoros | cyclones possible during rainy season (December to April); Le Kartala on Grand Comore is an active volcano |
| possible | Cote d'Ivoire | coast has heavy surf and no natural harbors; during the rainy season torrential flooding is possible |
| possible | Seychelles | lies outside the cyclone belt, so severe storms are rare; short droughts possible |
| potentially | Guam | frequent squalls during rainy season; relatively rare, but potentially very destructive typhoons (June - December) |
| prevailing | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | the South Sandwich Islands have prevailing weather conditions that generally make them difficult to approach by ship; they are also subject to active volcanism |
| primarily | Mauritania | hot, dry, dust/sand-laden sirocco wind blows primarily in March and April; periodic droughts |
| prior | 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 |
| produce | Canada | ... Rocky Mountains, a result of the mixing of air masses from the Arctic, Pacific, and North American interior, and produce most of the country's rain and snow east of the mountains |
| produces | Cape Verde | prolonged droughts; seasonal harmattan wind produces obscuring dust; volcanically and seismically active |
| prolonged | Cape Verde | prolonged droughts; seasonal harmattan wind produces obscuring dust; volcanically and seismically active |
| prolonged | Namibia | prolonged periods of drought |
| prolonged | South Africa | prolonged droughts |
| promote | Romania | earthquakes, most severe in south and southwest; geologic structure and climate promote landslides |
| protected | Belgium | flooding is a threat along rivers and in areas of reclaimed coastal land, protected from the sea by concrete dikes |
| protected | 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 |
| provinces | Mozambique | severe droughts; devastating cyclones and floods in central and southern provinces |
| rain | Canada | ... Rocky Mountains, a result of the mixing of air masses from the Arctic, Pacific, and North American interior, and produce most of the country's rain and snow east of the mountains |
| rain | Kuwait | sudden cloudbursts are common from October to April and bring heavy rain, which can damage roads and houses; sandstorms and dust storms occur throughout the year but are most common between March ... |
| rainfall | Angola | locally heavy rainfall causes periodic flooding on the plateau |
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