word | | Natural hazards |
| winds | Liberia | dust-laden harmattan winds blow from the Sahara (December to March) |
| winds | Oman | summer winds often raise large sandstorms and dust storms in interior; periodic droughts |
| winds | Sierra Leone | dry, sand-laden harmattan winds blow from the Sahara (December to February); sandstorms, dust storms |
| winds | Southern Ocean | ... and interannual variations; deep continental shelf floored by glacial deposits varying widely over short distances; high winds and large waves much of the year; ship icing, especially May-October; most of region ... |
| winds | Uruguay | seasonally high winds (the pampero is a chilly and occasional violent wind that blows north from the Argentine pampas), droughts, floods; because of the absence of mountains, which act as weather barriers ... |
| windstorm | Egypt | periodic droughts; frequent earthquakes, flash floods, landslides; hot, driving windstorm called khamsin occurs in spring; dust storms, sandstorms |
| windstorms | Argentina | San Miguel de Tucuman and Mendoza areas in the Andes subject to earthquakes; pamperos are violent windstorms that can strike the pampas and northeast; heavy flooding |
| windstorms | Equatorial Guinea | violent windstorms, flash floods |
| windstorms | France | metropolitan France: flooding; avalanches; midwinter windstorms; drought; forest fires in south near the Mediterranean overseas departments: hurricanes (cyclones), flooding, volcanic activity (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion) |
| windstorms | United Kingdom | winter windstorms; floods |
| winter | Mongolia | dust storms, grassland and forest fires, drought, and "zud," which is harsh winter conditions |
| winter | Togo | hot, dry harmattan wind can reduce visibility in north during winter; periodic droughts |
| winter | United Kingdom | winter windstorms; floods |
| winter | 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 |
| year | China | frequent typhoons (about five per year along southern and eastern coasts); damaging floods; tsunamis; earthquakes; droughts; land subsidence |
| year | 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 |
| year | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | strong winds persist throughout the year |
| year | Japan | many dormant and some active volcanoes; about 1,500 seismic occurrences (mostly tremors) every year; tsunamis; typhoons |
| year | Kuwait | ... are common from October to April and bring heavy rain, which can damage roads and houses; sandstorms and dust storms occur throughout the year, but are most common between March and August |
| year | Philippines | astride typhoon belt, usually affected by 15 and struck by five to six cyclonic storms per year; landslides; active volcanoes; destructive earthquakes; tsunamis |
| year | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | persistent fog throughout the year can be a maritime hazard |
| year | Southern Ocean | ... by glacial deposits varying widely over short distances; high winds and large waves much of the year; ship icing, especially May-October; most of region is remote from sources of search and ... |
| years | Gambia, The | drought (rainfall has dropped by 30% in the last 30 years) |
| years | Martinique | hurricanes, flooding, and volcanic activity (an average of one major natural disaster every five years) |
| years | Virgin Islands | several hurricanes in recent years; frequent and severe droughts and floods; occasional earthquakes |
| zone | Pacific Ocean | surrounded by a zone of violent volcanic and earthquake activity sometimes referred to as the "Pacific Ring of Fire"; subject to tropical cyclones (typhoons) in southeast and east Asia from May to ... |
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