dictionary - Natural hazards

word	Country	Natural hazards
common	Central African Republic	hot, dry, dusty harmattan winds affect northern areas; floods are common
common	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
common	Korea, South	occasional typhoons bring high winds and floods; low-level seismic activity common in southwest
common	Kuwait	sudden cloudbursts 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 ...
common	Mali	hot, dust-laden harmattan haze common during dry seasons; recurring droughts; occasional Niger River flooding
common	New Zealand	earthquakes are common, though usually not severe; volcanic activity
common	Pacific Ocean	... may form south of Mexico and strike Central America and Mexico from June to October (most common in August and September); cyclical El Nino/La Nina phenomenon occurs in the equatorial Pacific ...
common	Qatar	haze, dust storms, sandstorms common
common	Timor-Leste	floods and landslides are common; earthquakes, tsunamis, tropical cyclones
Comore	Comoros	cyclones possible during rainy season (December to April); Le Kartala on Grand Comore is an active volcano
completely	Mauritius	cyclones (November to April); almost completely surrounded by reefs that may pose maritime hazards
concrete	Belgium	flooding is a threat along rivers and in areas of reclaimed coastal land, protected from the sea by concrete dikes
conditions	Mongolia	dust storms, grassland and forest fires, drought, and "zud," which is harsh winter conditions
conditions	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	the South Sandwich Islands have prevailing weather conditions that generally make them difficult to approach by ship; they are also subject to active volcanism
Congo	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
Congo	Rwanda	periodic droughts; the volcanic Virunga mountains are in the northwest along the border with Democratic Republic of the Congo
constant	Dominica	flash floods are a constant threat; destructive hurricanes can be expected during the late summer months
constant	Guyana	flash floods are a constant threat during rainy seasons
constant	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	hurricanes; Soufriere volcano on the island of Saint Vincent is a constant threat
continental	Southern Ocean	... m thick) with sometimes dynamic short-term variations and with large annual and interannual variations; deep continental shelf floored by glacial deposits varying widely over short distances; high winds and large waves ...
continuous	Canada	continuous permafrost in north is a serious obstacle to development; cyclonic storms form east of the Rocky Mountains, a result of the mixing of air masses from the Arctic, Pacific, and North ...
continuous	Greenland	continuous permafrost over northern two-thirds of the island
continuously	Montserrat	severe hurricanes (June to November); volcanic eruptions (Soufriere Hills volcano has erupted continuously since 1995)
Cunha	Saint Helena	active volcanism on Tristan da Cunha, last eruption in 1961
Curacao	Netherlands Antilles	Sint Maarten, Saba, and Sint Eustatius are subject to hurricanes from July to October; Curacao and Bonaire are south of Caribbean hurricane belt and are rarely threatened
cyclical	Pacific Ocean	... and strike Central America and Mexico from June to October (most common in August and September); cyclical El Nino/La Nina phenomenon occurs in the equatorial Pacific, influencing weather in the Western ...

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