word | | Natural hazards |
| seismically | Cape Verde | prolonged droughts; seasonal harmattan wind produces obscuring dust; volcanically and seismically active |
| sensitive | Kiribati | typhoons can occur any time, but usually November to March; occasional tornadoes; low level of some of the islands make them sensitive to changes in sea level |
| sensitive | Maldives | low level of islands makes them sensitive to sea level rise |
| sensitive | 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 |
| September | Atlantic Ocean | ... and the Madeira Islands; ships subject to superstructure icing in extreme northern Atlantic from October to May; persistent fog can be a maritime hazard from May to September; hurricanes (May to December |
| September | Burma | destructive earthquakes and cyclones; flooding and landslides common during rainy season (June to September); periodic droughts |
| September | Pacific Ocean | ... Mexico and strike Central America and Mexico from June to October (most common in August and September); cyclical El Nino/La Nina phenomenon occurs in the equatorial Pacific, influencing weather in the ... |
| September | Paraguay | local flooding in southeast (early September to June); poorly drained plains may become boggy (early October to June) |
| serious | Canada | continuous permafrost in north is a serious obstacle to development; cyclonic storms form east of the Rocky Mountains, a result of the mixing of air masses from the Arctic, Pacific, and North ... |
| serious | Spratly Islands | typhoons; numerous reefs and shoals pose a serious maritime hazard |
| severe | Algeria | mountainous areas subject to severe earthquakes; mudslides and floods in rainy season |
| severe | Armenia | occasionally severe earthquakes; droughts |
| severe | Australia | cyclones along the coast; severe droughts; forest fires |
| severe | Brunei | typhoons, earthquakes, and severe flooding are rare |
| severe | Chile | severe earthquakes; active volcanism; tsunamis |
| severe | Dominican Republic | lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding; periodic droughts |
| severe | Greece | severe earthquakes |
| severe | Haiti | lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding and earthquakes; periodic droughts |
| severe | India | droughts; flash floods, as well as widespread and destructive flooding from monsoonal rains; severe thunderstorms; earthquakes |
| severe | Indonesia | occasional floods, severe droughts, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes, forest fires |
| severe | Korea, North | late spring droughts often followed by severe flooding; occasional typhoons during the early fall |
| severe | Montserrat | severe hurricanes (June to November); volcanic eruptions (Soufriere Hills volcano has erupted continuously since 1995) |
| severe | Mozambique | severe droughts; devastating cyclones and floods in central and southern provinces |
| severe | Nepal | severe thunderstorms, flooding, landslides, drought, and famine depending on the timing, intensity, and duration of the summer monsoons |
| severe | New Zealand | earthquakes are common, though usually not severe; volcanic activity |
| severe | Pakistan | frequent earthquakes, occasionally severe especially in north and west; flooding along the Indus after heavy rains (July and August) |
| severe | Panama | occasional severe storms and forest fires in the Darien area |
| severe | Papua New Guinea | active volcanism; situated along the Pacific "Ring of Fire"; the country is subject to frequent and sometimes severe earthquakes; mud slides; tsunamis |
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