word | | Natural hazards |
| earthquakes | Guatemala | numerous volcanoes in mountains, with occasional violent earthquakes; Caribbean coast extremely susceptible to hurricanes and other tropical storms |
| earthquakes | Haiti | lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding and earthquakes; periodic droughts |
| earthquakes | Honduras | frequent, but generally mild, earthquakes; extremely susceptible to damaging hurricanes and floods along the Caribbean coast |
| earthquakes | Iceland | earthquakes and volcanic activity |
| earthquakes | India | droughts; flash floods, as well as widespread and destructive flooding from monsoonal rains; severe thunderstorms; earthquakes |
| earthquakes | Indonesia | occasional floods, severe droughts, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes, forest fires |
| earthquakes | Iran | periodic droughts, floods; dust storms, sandstorms; earthquakes |
| earthquakes | Israel | sandstorms may occur during spring and summer; droughts; periodic earthquakes |
| earthquakes | Italy | regional risks include landslides, mudflows, avalanches, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, flooding; land subsidence in Venice |
| earthquakes | Jordan | droughts; periodic earthquakes |
| earthquakes | Kazakhstan | earthquakes in the south, mudslides around Almaty |
| earthquakes | Mexico | tsunamis along the Pacific coast, volcanoes and destructive earthquakes in the center and south, and hurricanes on the Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean coasts |
| earthquakes | Montenegro | destructive earthquakes |
| earthquakes | Morocco | northern mountains geologically unstable and subject to earthquakes; periodic droughts |
| earthquakes | New Zealand | earthquakes are common, though usually not severe; volcanic activity |
| earthquakes | Nicaragua | destructive earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides; extremely susceptible to hurricanes |
| earthquakes | Pakistan | frequent earthquakes, occasionally severe especially in north and west; flooding along the Indus after heavy rains (July and August) |
| earthquakes | Papua New Guinea | active volcanism; situated along the Pacific "Ring of Fire"; the country is subject to frequent and sometimes severe earthquakes; mud slides; tsunamis |
| earthquakes | Peru | earthquakes, tsunamis, flooding, landslides, mild volcanic activity |
| earthquakes | Philippines | astride typhoon belt, usually affected by 15 and struck by five to six cyclonic storms per year; landslides; active volcanoes; destructive earthquakes; tsunamis |
| earthquakes | Portugal | Azores subject to severe earthquakes |
| earthquakes | Romania | earthquakes, most severe in south and southwest; geologic structure and climate promote landslides |
| earthquakes | Russia | ... of Siberia is a major impediment to development; volcanic activity in the Kuril Islands; volcanoes and earthquakes on the Kamchatka Peninsula; spring floods and summer/autumn forest fires throughout Siberia and parts ... |
| earthquakes | Serbia | destructive earthquakes |
| earthquakes | Slovenia | flooding and earthquakes |
| earthquakes | Solomon Islands | typhoons, but rarely destructive; geologically active region with frequent earthquakes, tremors, and volcanic activity; tsunamis |
| earthquakes | Taiwan | earthquakes and typhoons |
| earthquakes | Tajikistan | earthquakes and floods |
| earthquakes | Timor-Leste | floods and landslides are common; earthquakes, tsunamis, tropical cyclones |
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