level rise

Mali:
hot, dust-laden harmattan haze common during dry seasons;
recurring droughts

Malta:
NA

Man, Isle of:
NA

Marshall Islands:
occasional typhoons

Martinique:
hurricanes, flooding, and volcanic activity (an average
of one major natural disaster every five years)

Mauritania:
hot, dry, dust/sand-laden sirocco wind blows primarily
in March and April; periodic droughts

Mauritius:
cyclones (November to April); almost completely
surrounded by reefs that may pose maritime 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 Gulf of
Mexico and Caribbean coasts

Micronesia, Federated States of:
typhoons (June to December)

Midway Islands:
NA

Moldova:
landslides (57 cases in 1998)

Monaco:
NA

Mongolia:
dust and snow storms, grassland and forest fires, drought
and "zud", which is a combination of drought followed by harsh
winter conditions

Montserrat:
severe hurricanes (June to November); volcanic eruptions
(full-scale eruptions of the Soufriere Hills volcano occurred during
1996-97)

Morocco:
northern mountains geologically unstable and subject to
earthquakes; periodic droughts

Mozambique:
severe droughts and floods occur in central and southern
provinces; devastating cyclones

Namibia:
prolonged periods of drought

Nauru:
periodic droughts

Navassa Island:
NA

Nepal:
severe thunderstorms, flooding, landslides, drought, and
famine depending on the timing, intensity, and duration of the
summer monsoons

Netherlands:
flooding

Netherlands Antilles:
Curacao and Bonaire are south of Caribbean
hurricane belt and are rarely threatened; Sint Maarten, Saba, and
Sint Eustatius are subject to hurricanes from July to October

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, and
occasionally severe hurricanes

Niger:
recurring droughts

Nigeria:
periodic droughts

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