Natural Hazards
Natural hazards in Mali include:
- Desert sandstorms in the north
- Dust-laden harmattan wind is common during dry seasons, bringing a dust haze which may ground aircraft and damage computers and sensitive electronics and machines, as well as aggravating respiratory diseases.
- Recurring droughts
- Bushfires in the south
- Occasional floods, for example in July 2007.
- Tropical thunderstorms in the south, which may bring wind and lightning damage as well as flash floods.
- Occasional Niger River flooding
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