Since lightning is a frequent cause of forest fires, a warmer climate would likely increase the fire Cause hazard, especially if summer dry spells become more prevalent as well. [ 2CANADACCD9801 0 MCLH 30/03/2014 ]

Increased exposure to natural Cause hazards and extreme weather, such as coastal or river flooding, drought, landslides, storms and hurricanes, will prove detrimental to those most at risk. [ ENCY 0 MCLH 30/03/2014 ]

Changes in climate will affect coastal systems through sea-level rise and an increase in storm- surge Cause hazards and possible changes in the frequency and/or intensity of extreme events. [ 7IPCCREGION 0 MCLH 30/03/2014 ]

Flood Cause hazard is likely to increase across much of Europe - except where snowmelt peak has been reduced - and the risk of water shortage is projected to increase, particularly in southern Europe (medium to high confidence). [ 3IPCCCONSEQUENCE 0 MCLH 30/03/2014 ]

In many EEA member countries adaptation measures are either planned or taking place in the context of natural Cause hazard prevention, environment protection and sustainable resource management. [ VULNERABILITY 0 MCLH 30/03/2014 ]

Moreover, the seriousness of the drought affecting the Sahel and West Africa during a quarter of a century was due to the interaction of two factors: the climatic Cause hazards themselves and the degree of fragility or vulnerability of the infrastructure and its economic and social organization. [ JACLET 0 MCLH 30/03/2014 ]

In Mount Kenya Biosphere Reserve, flash floods and other hydrological Cause hazards are silting waterworks and canals used for irrigation. [ AWORLDOFSCIENCE 0 MCLH 30/03/2014 ]

Impacts of temperature rise on snow cover, glaciers and permafrost are likely to have adverse impacts on winter tourism. There could also be an increased risk of natural Cause hazards, and loss of plant species and habitats. [ VULNERABILITY 0 MCLH 30/03/2014 ]

Such changes also could increase the risks to property and human health and life as a result of possible increased exposure to natural Cause hazards (e.g., wildfires, landslides and extreme weather events) and result in increased demand for cooling and decreased demand for heating energy - with the overall net effect varying across geographic regions. [ 7IPCCREGION 0 MCLH 30/03/2014 ]

In fact, one of the lessons of the 1998 ice storm and the recent Red River and Saguenay floods is that we in Canada have underestimated both the risks and the consequences of at least some of the major Degree weather Cause hazards that we now face. [ 2CANADACCD9801 0 MCLH 30/03/2014 ]

Any increases in the frequency and intensity of extreme events such as storms, floods, droughts, and cyclones would adversely impact human health through a variety of pathways. These natural Cause hazards can cause direct loss of life and injury and can affect health indirectly through loss of shelter, population displacement, contamination of water supplies... [ 3IPCCCONSEQUENCE 0 MCLH 30/03/2014 ]

Some regions are particularly vulnerable because of their Patient physical exposure to climate change Cause hazards and/or their limited adaptive capacity. [ GREENHOUSE 0 MCLH 30/03/2014 ]

Sensitive areas such as river flood plains and coastal plains Patient have become more vulnerable to hazards such as storms, floods and droughts as a result of increasing population density and economic activity... [ 13IPCCSTABILISATIONDESGAZ 0 MCLH 30/03/2014 ]