word | | Natural hazards |
| season | Algeria | mountainous areas subject to severe earthquakes; mudslides and floods in rainy season |
| season | Bangladesh | droughts, cyclones; much of the country routinely inundated during the summer monsoon season |
| season | 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 |
| season | Burma | destructive earthquakes and cyclones; flooding and landslides common during rainy season (June to September); periodic droughts |
| season | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | cyclone season is October to April |
| season | Comoros | cyclones possible during rainy season (December to April); Le Kartala on Grand Comore is an active volcano |
| season | Costa Rica | occasional earthquakes, hurricanes along Atlantic coast; frequent flooding of lowlands at onset of rainy season and landslides; active volcanoes |
| season | Cote d'Ivoire | coast has heavy surf and no natural harbors; during the rainy season torrential flooding is possible |
| season | Grenada | lies on edge of hurricane belt; hurricane season lasts from June to November |
| season | Guam | frequent squalls during rainy season; relatively rare, but potentially very destructive typhoons (June - December) |
| season | Guinea | hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season |
| season | Guinea-Bissau | hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season; brush fires |
| season | Mayotte | cyclones during rainy season |
| season | Somalia | recurring droughts; frequent dust storms over eastern plains in summer; floods during rainy season |
| season | Tanzania | flooding on the central plateau during the rainy season; drought |
| seasonal | Botswana | periodic droughts; seasonal August winds blow from the west, carrying sand and dust across the country, which can obscure visibility |
| seasonal | Cape Verde | prolonged droughts; seasonal harmattan wind produces obscuring dust; volcanically and seismically active |
| seasonal | 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 |
| seasonal | Congo, Republic of the | seasonal flooding |
| seasonally | Senegal | lowlands seasonally flooded; periodic droughts |
| seasonally | 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 ... |
| seasons | Guyana | flash floods are a constant threat during rainy seasons |
| seasons | Kenya | recurring drought; flooding during rainy seasons |
| seasons | Mali | hot, dust-laden harmattan haze common during dry seasons; recurring droughts; occasional Niger River flooding |
| seismic | 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 |
| seismic | Japan | many dormant and some active volcanoes; about 1,500 seismic occurrences (mostly tremors) every year; tsunamis; typhoons |
| seismic | Korea, South | occasional typhoons bring high winds and floods; low-level seismic activity common in southwest |
| seismic | Macedonia | high seismic risks |
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