word | | Natural hazards |
| droughts | Iran | periodic droughts, floods; dust storms, sandstorms; earthquakes |
| droughts | Israel | sandstorms may occur during spring and summer; droughts; periodic earthquakes |
| droughts | Jordan | droughts; periodic earthquakes |
| droughts | Korea, North | late spring droughts often followed by severe flooding; occasional typhoons during the early fall volcanism: Changbaishan (elev. 2,744 m) (also known as Baitoushan, Baegdu or P'aektu-san), on the Chinese border ... |
| droughts | Laos | floods, droughts |
| droughts | Lesotho | periodic droughts |
| droughts | Mali | hot, dust-laden harmattan haze common during dry seasons; recurring droughts; occasional Niger River flooding |
| droughts | Mauritania | hot, dry, dust/sand-laden sirocco wind blows primarily in March and April; periodic droughts |
| droughts | Morocco | northern mountains geologically unstable and subject to earthquakes; periodic droughts |
| droughts | Mozambique | severe droughts; devastating cyclones and floods in central and southern provinces |
| droughts | Nauru | periodic droughts |
| droughts | Niger | recurring droughts |
| droughts | Nigeria | periodic droughts; flooding |
| droughts | Oman | summer winds often raise large sandstorms and dust storms in interior; periodic droughts |
| droughts | Puerto Rico | periodic droughts; hurricanes |
| droughts | Rwanda | periodic droughts; the volcanic Virunga mountains are in the northwest along the border with Democratic Republic of the Congo volcanism: Visoke (elev. 3,711 m), located on the border with the Democratic Republic ... |
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