| Country | Natural hazards |
| Mayotte | cyclones during rainy season |
| Mexico | tsunamis along the Pacific coast, volcanoes and destructive earthquakes in the center and south, and hurricanes on the Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean coasts |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | typhoons (June to December) |
| Moldova | landslides |
| Monaco | NA |
| Mongolia | dust storms, grassland and forest fires, drought, and "zud," which is harsh winter conditions |
| Montenegro | destructive earthquakes |
| Montserrat | severe hurricanes (June to November); volcanic eruptions (Soufriere Hills volcano has erupted continuously since 1995) |
| Morocco | northern mountains geologically unstable and subject to earthquakes; periodic droughts |
| Mozambique | severe droughts; devastating cyclones and floods in central and southern provinces |
| Namibia | prolonged periods of drought |
| Nauru | periodic droughts |
| Navassa Island | hurricanes |
| Nepal | severe thunderstorms, flooding, landslides, drought, and famine depending on the timing, intensity, and duration of the summer monsoons |
| Netherlands | flooding |
| 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 |
| New Caledonia | cyclones, most frequent from November to March |
| New Zealand | earthquakes are common, though usually not severe; volcanic activity |
| Nicaragua | destructive earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides; extremely susceptible to hurricanes |
| Niger | recurring droughts |
| Nigeria | periodic droughts; flooding |
| Niue | typhoons |
| Norfolk Island | typhoons (especially May to July) |
| Northern Mariana Islands | active volcanoes on Pagan and Agrihan; typhoons (especially August to November) |
| Norway | rockslides, avalanches |
| Oman | summer winds often raise large sandstorms and dust storms in interior; periodic droughts |
| 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 December (most frequent from July to October); tropical cyclones (hurricanes) 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, influencing weather in the Western Hemisphere and the western Pacific; ships subject to superstructure icing in extreme north from October to May; persistent fog in the northern Pacific can be a maritime hazard from June to December |
| Pakistan | frequent earthquakes, occasionally severe especially in north and west; flooding along the Indus after heavy rains (July and August) |
| Palau | typhoons (June to December) |
| Panama | occasional severe storms and forest fires in the Darien area |
| Papua New Guinea | active volcanism; situated along the Pacific "Ring of Fire"; the country is subject to frequent and sometimes severe earthquakes; mud slides; tsunamis |
| Paracel Islands | typhoons |
| Paraguay | local flooding in southeast (early September to June); poorly drained plains may become boggy (early October to June) |
| Peru | earthquakes, tsunamis, flooding, landslides, mild volcanic activity |
| Philippines | astride typhoon belt, usually affected by 15 and struck by five to six cyclonic storms per year; landslides; active volcanoes; destructive earthquakes; tsunamis |
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