word | | Natural hazards |
| droughts | Botswana | periodic droughts; seasonal August winds blow from the west, carrying sand and dust across the country, which can obscure visibility |
| droughts | Brazil | recurring droughts in northeast; floods and occasional frost in south |
| droughts | Burkina Faso | recurring droughts |
| droughts | Burma | destructive earthquakes and cyclones; flooding and landslides common during rainy season (June to September); periodic droughts |
| droughts | Cambodia | monsoonal rains (June to November); flooding; occasional droughts |
| droughts | Cape Verde | prolonged droughts; seasonal harmattan wind produces obscuring dust; volcanically and seismically active volcanism: Fogo (elev. 2,829 m), which last erupted in 1995, is Cape Verde's only active volcano |
| droughts | Chad | hot, dry, dusty harmattan winds occur in north; periodic droughts; locust plagues |
| droughts | China | frequent typhoons (about five per year along southern and eastern coasts); damaging floods; tsunamis; earthquakes; droughts; land subsidence volcanism: China contains some historically active volcanoes including Changbaishan (also known as Baitoushan, Baegdu ... |
| droughts | Colombia | highlands subject to volcanic eruptions; occasional earthquakes; periodic droughts volcanism: Galeras (elev. 4,276 m) is one of Colombia's most active volcanoes, having erupted in 2009 and 2010 causing major evacuations; it ... |
| droughts | 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 volcanism: Nyiragongo (elev. 3,470 m), which erupted in 2002 and is experiencing ... |
| droughts | Cuba | the east coast is subject to hurricanes from August to November (in general, the country averages about one hurricane every other year); droughts are common |
| droughts | Cyprus | moderate earthquake activity; droughts |
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