word | | Natural hazards |
| landslides | Peru | earthquakes, tsunamis, flooding, landslides, mild volcanic activity |
| landslides | Philippines | astride typhoon belt, usually affected by 15 and struck by five to six cyclonic storms per year; landslides; active volcanoes; destructive earthquakes; tsunamis |
| landslides | Romania | earthquakes, most severe in south and southwest; geologic structure and climate promote landslides |
| landslides | Switzerland | avalanches, landslides; flash floods |
| landslides | Timor-Leste | floods and landslides are common; earthquakes; tsunamis; tropical cyclones |
| landslides | World | large areas subject to severe weather (tropical cyclones); natural disasters (earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions) |
| lasting | Libya | hot, dry, dust-laden ghibli is a southern wind lasting one to four days in spring and fall; dust storms, sandstorms |
| lasts | Grenada | lies on edge of hurricane belt; hurricane season lasts from June to November |
| Le | Comoros | cyclones possible during rainy season (December to April); Le Karthala on Grand Comore is an active volcano |
| level | 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 |
| level | Korea, South | occasional typhoons bring high winds and floods; low-level seismic activity common in southwest |
| level | Maldives | low level of islands makes them sensitive to sea level rise |
| level | 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 |
| lies | Aruba | hurricanes; lies outside the Caribbean hurricane belt and is rarely threatened |
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