locust infestation
Malawi
NA
Malaysia
flooding, landslides, forest fires
Maldives
low level of islands makes them sensitive to sea level rise
Mali
hot, dust-laden harmattan haze common during dry seasons;
recurring droughts; occasional Niger River flooding
Malta
NA
Marshall Islands
infrequent typhoons
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 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 sand
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