word | | Natural hazards |
| cyclone | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | cyclone season is October to April |
| cyclone | Seychelles | lies outside the cyclone belt, so severe storms are rare; short droughts possible |
| cyclones | Australia | cyclones along the coast; severe droughts; forest fires |
| cyclones | Bangladesh | droughts, cyclones; much of the country routinely inundated during the summer monsoon season |
| cyclones | Burma | destructive earthquakes and cyclones; flooding and landslides common during rainy season (June to September); periodic droughts |
| cyclones | Comoros | cyclones possible during rainy season (December to April); Le Kartala on Grand Comore is an active volcano |
| cyclones | Coral Sea Islands | occasional tropical cyclones |
| cyclones | 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) |
| cyclones | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | Ile Amsterdam and Ile Saint-Paul are inactive volcanoes; Iles Eparses subject to periodic cyclones; Bassas da India is a maritime hazard since it is under water for a period of three ... |
| cyclones | Madagascar | periodic cyclones, drought, and locust infestation |
| cyclones | Mauritius | cyclones (November to April); almost completely surrounded by reefs that may pose maritime hazards |
| cyclones | Mayotte | cyclones during rainy season |
| cyclones | Mozambique | severe droughts; devastating cyclones and floods in central and southern provinces |
| cyclones | New Caledonia | cyclones, most frequent from November to March |
| cyclones | Pacific Ocean | ... 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 December (most frequent from July to ... |
| cyclones | Sri Lanka | occasional cyclones and tornadoes |
| cyclones | Timor-Leste | floods and landslides are common; earthquakes, tsunamis, tropical cyclones |
| cyclones | Tonga | cyclones (October to April); earthquakes and volcanic activity on Fonuafo'ou |
| cyclones | 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 |
| cyclones | Vanuatu | tropical cyclones or typhoons (January to April); volcanic eruption on Aoba (Ambae) island began 27 November 2005, volcanism also causes minor earthquakes; tsunamis |
| cyclones | World | large areas subject to severe weather (tropical cyclones), natural disasters (earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions) |
| cyclonic | Antarctica | ... winds blow coastward from the high interior; frequent blizzards form near the foot of the plateau; cyclonic storms form over the ocean and move clockwise along the coast; volcanism on Deception Island ... |
| cyclonic | 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 ... |
| cyclonic | Djibouti | earthquakes; droughts; occasional cyclonic disturbances from the Indian Ocean bring heavy rains and flash floods |
| cyclonic | Fiji | cyclonic storms can occur from November to January |
| cyclonic | French Polynesia | occasional cyclonic storms in January |
| cyclonic | Philippines | astride typhoon belt, usually affected by 15 and struck by five to six cyclonic storms per year; landslides; active volcanoes; destructive earthquakes; tsunamis |
| damage | Bahamas, The | hurricanes and other tropical storms cause extensive flood and wind damage |
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