1. Introduction to natural hazards -- Part I. Climatic Hazards: 2. Large-scale storms -- 3. Wind as a hazard -- 4. Oceanographic hazards -- 5. Causes and prediction of drought and flood -- 6. Heavy precipitation as a hazard -- Part II. geological Hazards: 7. Causes and prediction of earthquakes and volcanoes -- 8. Earthquakes and tsunamis as hazards -- 9. Volcanoes as a hazard -- 10. Land instability as a hazard -- 11. Response to hazards -- Appendix: 12. Statistical methods for use in hazard analysis