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... in 1990. Cape Verde continues to exhibit one of Africa's most stable democratic governments. Repeated droughts during the second half of the 20th century caused significant hardship and prompted heavy emigration ...
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prolonged droughts; seasonal harmattan wind produces obscuring dust; volcanically and seismically active
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hot, dry, dusty harmattan winds occur in north; periodic droughts; locust plagues
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frequent typhoons (about five per year along southern and eastern coasts); damaging floods; tsunamis; earthquakes; droughts; land subsidence
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highlands subject to volcanic eruptions; occasional earthquakes; periodic droughts
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periodic droughts in south; Congo River floods (seasonal); in the east, in the Great Rift Valley, there are active volcanoes
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the east coast is subject to hurricanes from August to November (in general, the country averages about one hurricane every other year); droughts are common
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moderate earthquake activity; droughts
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earthquakes; droughts; occasional cyclonic disturbances from the Indian Ocean bring heavy rains and flash floods
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lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding; periodic droughts
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frequent earthquakes, landslides, volcanic activity; floods; periodic droughts
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periodic droughts; frequent earthquakes, flash floods, landslides; hot, driving windstorm called khamsin occurs in spring; dust storms, sandstorms
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frequent droughts; locust swarms
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geologically active Great Rift Valley susceptible to earthquakes, volcanic eruptions; frequent droughts
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flooding along coasts; avalanches in mountainous area; earthquakes in the south; volcanic eruptions in Italy; periodic droughts in Spain; ice floes in the Baltic
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droughts
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dry, dusty, northeastern harmattan winds occur from January to March; droughts
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lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding and earthquakes; periodic droughts
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droughts; flash floods, as well as widespread and destructive flooding from monsoonal rains; severe thunderstorms; earthquakes
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occasional floods, severe droughts, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes, forest fires
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periodic droughts, floods; dust storms, sandstorms; earthquakes
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sandstorms may occur during spring and summer; droughts; periodic earthquakes
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droughts; periodic earthquakes
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late spring droughts often followed by severe flooding; occasional typhoons during the early fall
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floods, droughts
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periodic droughts
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hot, dust-laden harmattan haze common during dry seasons; recurring droughts; occasional Niger River flooding
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hot, dry, dust/sand-laden sirocco wind blows primarily in March and April; periodic droughts
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... even though many of the nomads and subsistence farmers were forced into the cities by recurrent droughts in the 1970s and 1980s. Mauritania has extensive deposits of iron ore, which account for ...
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... 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 negative GDP growth. This ...
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