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	Natural hazards (2008)	Natural hazards (2006)
Bassas da India	-	maritime hazard since it is usually under water during high tide and surrounded by reefs; subject to periodic cyclones
East Timor	-	floods and landslides are common; earthquakes, tsunamis, tropical cyclones
Europa Island	-	NA
France	metropolitan France: flooding; avalanches; midwinter windstorms; drought; forest fires in south near the Mediterranean overseas departments: hurricanes (cyclones), flooding, volcanic activity (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion)	flooding; avalanches; midwinter windstorms; drought; forest fires in south near the Mediterranean
French Guiana	-	high frequency of heavy showers and severe thunderstorms; flooding
French Southern and Antarctic Lands	Ile Amsterdam and Ile Saint-Paul are inactive volcanoes; Iles Eparses subject to periodic cyclones; Bassas da India is a maritime hazard since it is under water for a period of three hours prior to and following the high tide and surrounded by reefs	Ile Amsterdam and Ile Saint-Paul are extinct volcanoes
Glorioso Islands	-	periodic cyclones
Guadeloupe	-	hurricanes (June to October); Soufriere de Guadeloupe is an active volcano
Iles Eparses	-	all islands subject to periodic cyclones Bassas da India: maritime hazard since it is under water for a period of three hours prior to and following the high tide and surrounded by reefs
Jan Mayen	dominated by the volcano Haakon VII Toppen/Beerenberg; volcanic activity resumed in 1970; the most recent eruption occurred in 1985	dominated by the volcano Haakon VII Toppen/Beerenberg; volcanic activity resumed in 1970
Juan de Nova Island	-	periodic cyclones
Martinique	-	hurricanes, flooding, and volcanic activity (an average of one major natural disaster every five years)
Reunion	-	periodic, devastating cyclones (December to April); Piton de la Fournaise on the southeastern coast is an active volcano
Solomon Islands	typhoons, but rarely destructive; geologically active region with frequent earthquakes, tremors, and volcanic activity; tsunamis	typhoons, but rarely destructive; geologically active region with frequent earth tremors; volcanic activity
Southern Ocean	huge icebergs with drafts up to several hundred meters; smaller bergs and iceberg fragments; sea ice (generally 0.5 to 1 m thick) with sometimes dynamic short-term variations and with large annual and interannual variations; deep continental shelf floored by glacial deposits varying widely over short distances; high winds and large waves much of the year; ship icing, especially May-October; most of region is remote from sources of search and rescue	huge icebergs with drafts up to several hundred meters; smaller bergs and iceberg fragments; sea ice (generally 0.5 to 1 meter thick) with sometimes dynamic short-term variations and with large annual and interannual variations; deep continental shelf floored by glacial deposits varying widely over short distances; high winds and large waves much of the year; ship icing, especially May-October; most of region is remote from sources of search and rescue
Timor-Leste	floods and landslides are common; earthquakes, tsunamis, tropical cyclones	-
Tromelin Island	-	NA

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