canes on the Pacific,
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 storms, grassland and forest fires, drought, and
"zud," which is harsh winter conditions
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 occur in
central and southern provinces
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; 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 t
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