word | | Natural hazards |
| dry | Central African Republic | hot, dry, dusty harmattan winds affect northern areas; floods are common |
| dry | Chad | hot, dry, dusty harmattan winds occur in north; periodic droughts; locust plagues |
| dry | Ghana | dry, dusty, northeastern harmattan winds occur from January to March; droughts |
| dry | Guinea | hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season |
| dry | Guinea-Bissau | hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season; brush fires |
| dry | Libya | hot, dry, dust-laden ghibli is a southern wind lasting one to four days in spring and fall; dust storms, sandstorms |
| dry | Mali | hot, dust-laden harmattan haze common during dry seasons; recurring droughts; occasional Niger River flooding |
| dry | Mauritania | hot, dry, dust/sand-laden sirocco wind blows primarily in March and April; periodic droughts |
| dry | Sierra Leone | dry, sand-laden harmattan winds blow from the Sahara (December to February); sandstorms, dust storms |
| dry | Togo | hot, dry harmattan wind can reduce visibility in north during winter; periodic droughts |
| dry | Western Sahara | hot, dry, dust/sand-laden sirocco wind can occur during winter and spring; widespread harmattan haze exists 60% of time, often severely restricting visibility |
| Dubbi | Eritrea | frequent droughts, rare earthquakes and volcanos; locust swarms volcanism: Dubbi (elev. 1,625 m), which last erupted in 1861, was the country's only historically active volcano until Nabro (2,218 m) came to ... |
| duration | Nepal | severe thunderstorms; flooding; landslides; drought and famine depending on the timing, intensity, and duration of the summer monsoons |
| dust | Bahrain | periodic droughts; dust storms |
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