| Country | Natural hazards |
| British Virgin Islands | hurricanes and tropical storms (July to October) |
| Brunei | typhoons, earthquakes, and severe flooding are rare |
| Bulgaria | earthquakes; landslides |
| Burkina Faso | recurring droughts |
| Burma | destructive earthquakes and cyclones; flooding and landslides common during rainy season (June to September); periodic droughts |
| Burundi | flooding; landslides; drought |
| Cambodia | monsoonal rains (June to November); flooding; occasional droughts |
| Cameroon | volcanic activity with periodic releases of poisonous gases from Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun volcanoes
volcanism: Mt. Cameroon (elev. 4,095 m), which last erupted in 2000, is the most frequently active volcano in West Africa; lakes in Oku volcanic field have released fatal levels of gas on occasion, killing some 1,700 people in 1986 |
| 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 American interior, and produce most of the country's rain and snow east of the mountains
volcanism: the vast majority of volcanoes in Western Canada's Coast Mountains remain dormant |
| Cape Verde | prolonged droughts; seasonal harmattan wind produces obscuring dust; volcanically and seismically active
volcanism: Fogo (elev. 2,829 m), which last erupted in 1995, is Cape Verde's only active volcano |
| Cayman Islands | hurricanes (July to November) |
| Central African Republic | hot, dry, dusty harmattan winds affect northern areas; floods are common |
| Chad | hot, dry, dusty harmattan winds occur in north; periodic droughts; locust plagues |
| Chile | severe earthquakes; active volcanism; tsunamis
volcanism: Chile experiences significant volcanic activity due to the more than three-dozen active volcanoes situated within the Andes Mountains; Lascar (elev. 5,592 m), which last erupted in 2007, is the most active volcano in the northern Chilean Andes; Llaima (elev. 3,125 m) in central Chile, which last erupted in 2009, is another of the country's most active; Chaiten's 2008 eruption forced major evacuations; other notable historically active volcanoes include Cerro Hudson, Copahue, Guallatiri, Llullaillaco, Nevados de Chillan, Puyehue, San Pedro, and Villarrica |
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