word | | Natural hazards |
| rainfall | Gambia, The | drought (rainfall has dropped by 30% in the last 30 years) |
| rains | Cambodia | monsoonal rains (June to November); flooding; occasional droughts |
| rains | Djibouti | earthquakes; droughts; occasional cyclonic disturbances from the Indian Ocean bring heavy rains and flash floods |
| rains | India | droughts; flash floods, as well as widespread and destructive flooding from monsoonal rains; severe thunderstorms; earthquakes |
| rains | Pakistan | frequent earthquakes, occasionally severe especially in north and west; flooding along the Indus after heavy rains (July and August) |
| rainy | Algeria | mountainous areas subject to severe earthquakes; mudslides and floods in rainy season |
| rainy | 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 |
| rainy | Burma | destructive earthquakes and cyclones; flooding and landslides common during rainy season (June to September); periodic droughts |
| rainy | Comoros | cyclones possible during rainy season (December to April); Le Kartala on Grand Comore is an active volcano |
| rainy | Costa Rica | occasional earthquakes, hurricanes along Atlantic coast; frequent flooding of lowlands at onset of rainy season and landslides; active volcanoes |
| rainy | Cote d'Ivoire | coast has heavy surf and no natural harbors; during the rainy season torrential flooding is possible |
| rainy | Guam | frequent squalls during rainy season; relatively rare, but potentially very destructive typhoons (June - December) |
| rainy | Guyana | flash floods are a constant threat during rainy seasons |
| rainy | Kenya | recurring drought; flooding during rainy seasons |
| rainy | Mayotte | cyclones during rainy season |
| rainy | Somalia | recurring droughts; frequent dust storms over eastern plains in summer; floods during rainy season |
| rainy | Tanzania | flooding on the central plateau during the rainy season; drought |
| raise | Oman | summer winds often raise large sandstorms and dust storms in interior; periodic droughts |
| rapid | 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 |
| rare | Antarctica | ... over the ocean and move clockwise along the coast; volcanism on Deception Island and isolated areas of West Antarctica; other seismic activity rare and weak; large icebergs may calve from ice shelf |
| rare | Brunei | typhoons, earthquakes, and severe flooding are rare |
| rare | Guam | frequent squalls during rainy season; relatively rare, but potentially very destructive typhoons (June - December) |
| rare | Seychelles | lies outside the cyclone belt, so severe storms are rare; short droughts possible |
| rare | 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 |
| rare | Zimbabwe | recurring droughts; floods and severe storms are rare |
| rarely | Aruba | hurricanes; lies outside the Caribbean hurricane belt and is rarely threatened |
| rarely | Netherlands Antilles | Sint Maarten, Saba, and Sint Eustatius are subject to hurricanes from July to October; Curacao and Bonaire are south of Caribbean hurricane belt and are rarely threatened |
| rarely | Solomon Islands | typhoons, but rarely destructive; geologically active region with frequent earthquakes, tremors, and volcanic activity; tsunamis |
| reaches | Indian Ocean | occasional icebergs pose navigational hazard in southern reaches |
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