severe
... test ranges scattered throughout the country pose health risks for humans and animals; industrial pollution is severe in some cities; because the two main rivers that flowed into the Aral Sea have ...
www.exxun.com/Kazakhstan/b_mp.html
severe
... Structural Adjustment Program due to the government's failure to maintain reforms and curb corruption. A severe drought from 1999 to 2000 compounded Kenya's problems, causing water and energy rationing and ...
www.exxun.com/Kenya/e_ec.html
severe
late spring droughts often followed by severe flooding; occasional typhoons during the early fall
www.exxun.com/Korea_North/b_mp.html
severe
... land, collective farming practices, and persistent shortages of tractors and fuel. During the summer of 2007, severe flooding again occurred. Large-scale international food aid deliveries have allowed the people of North ...
www.exxun.com/Korea_North/e_ec.html
severe
... third the level of neighboring Albania. Unemployment - at more than 40% of the population - is a severe problem that encourages outward migration. Most of Kosovo's population lives in rural towns outside ...
www.exxun.com/Kosovo/e_ec.html
severe
... Much of the government's stock in enterprises has been sold. Drops in production had been severe after the breakup of the Soviet Union in December 1991, but by mid-1995, production ...
www.exxun.com/Kyrgyzstan/e_ec.html
severe
population pressure forcing settlement in marginal areas results in overgrazing, severe soil erosion, and soil exhaustion; desertification; Highlands Water Project controls, stores, and redirects water to South Africa
www.exxun.com/Lesotho/b_mp.html
severe
drug trafficking prosecuted vigorously and carries severe penalties; heroin still primary drug of abuse, but synthetic drug demand remains strong; continued ecstasy and methamphetamine producer for domestic users and, to a lesser ...
www.exxun.com/Malaysia/i_ti.html
severe
tropical; heavy year-round rainfall, especially in the eastern islands; located on southern edge of the typhoon belt with occasionally severe damage
www.exxun.com/Micronesia_FederatedStatesof/b_mp.html
Severe
... because of reform-embracing, free-market economics and extensive privatization of the formerly state-run economy. Severe winters and summer droughts in 2000-02 resulted in massive livestock die-off and zero or ...
www.exxun.com/Mongolia/e_ec.html
Severe
... as negotiating a Stabilization and Association agreement with the European Union in anticipation of eventual membership. Severe unemployment remains a key political and economic problem for this entire region. Montenegro has privatized ...
www.exxun.com/Montenegro/e_ec.html
severe
severe hurricanes (June to November); volcanic eruptions (Soufriere Hills volcano has erupted continuously since 1995)
www.exxun.com/Montserrat/b_mp.html
Severe
Severe volcanic activity, which began in July 1995, has put a damper on this small, open economy. A catastrophic eruption in June 1997 closed the airports and seaports, causing further economic and ...
www.exxun.com/Montserrat/e_ec.html
severe
... close with independence in 1975. Large-scale emigration by whites, economic dependence on South Africa, a severe drought, and a prolonged civil war hindered the country's development until the mid 1990 ...
www.exxun.com/Mozambique/a_fg.html
severe
severe droughts; devastating cyclones and floods in central and southern provinces
www.exxun.com/Mozambique/b_mp.html
severe
severe thunderstorms, flooding, landslides, drought, and famine depending on the timing, intensity, and duration of the summer monsoons
www.exxun.com/Nepal/b_mp.html
severe
11.11 million note: severe lack of skilled labor (2006 est.)
www.exxun.com/Nepal/e_ec.html
severe
earthquakes are common, though usually not severe; volcanic activity
www.exxun.com/NewZealand/b_mp.html
severe
frequent earthquakes, occasionally severe especially in north and west; flooding along the Indus after heavy rains (July and August)
www.exxun.com/Pakistan/b_mp.html
severe
occasional severe storms and forest fires in the Darien area
www.exxun.com/Panama/b_mp.html
severe
active volcanism; situated along the Pacific "Ring of Fire"; the country is subject to frequent and sometimes severe earthquakes; mud slides; tsunamis
www.exxun.com/PapuaNewGuinea/b_mp.html
severe
temperate with cold, cloudy, moderately severe winters with frequent precipitation; mild summers with frequent showers and thundershowers
www.exxun.com/Poland/b_mp.html
severe
Azores subject to severe earthquakes
www.exxun.com/Portugal/b_mp.html
severe
earthquakes, most severe in south and southwest; geologic structure and climate promote landslides
www.exxun.com/Romania/b_mp.html
severe
pollution of coastal waters and shorelines from discharges by pleasure yachts and other effluents; in some areas, pollution is severe enough to make swimming prohibitive
www.exxun.com/SaintVincentandtheGrenadines/b_mp.html
severe
lies outside the cyclone belt, so severe storms are rare; short droughts possible
www.exxun.com/Seychelles/b_mp.html
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