word | | Natural hazards |
| activity | Korea, South | occasional typhoons bring high winds and floods; low-level seismic activity common in southwest |
| activity | New Zealand | earthquakes are common, though usually not severe; volcanic activity |
| activity | Pacific Ocean | surrounded by a zone of violent volcanic and earthquake activity sometimes referred to as the "Pacific Ring of Fire"; subject to tropical cyclones (typhoons) in southeast and east Asia from May to ... |
| activity | Peru | earthquakes, tsunamis, flooding, landslides, mild volcanic activity |
| activity | Russia | permafrost over much 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 ... |
| activity | Saint Lucia | hurricanes; volcanic activity |
| activity | Solomon Islands | typhoons, but rarely destructive; geologically active region with frequent earthquakes, tremors, and volcanic activity; tsunamis |
| activity | Tonga | cyclones (October to April); earthquakes and volcanic activity on Fonuafo'ou |
| activity | United States | tsunamis; volcanoes; earthquake activity around Pacific Basin; hurricanes along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts; tornadoes in the midwest and southeast; mud slides in California; forest fires in the west; flooding ... |
| affect | Benin | hot, dry, dusty harmattan wind may affect north from December to March |
| affect | Central African Republic | hot, dry, dusty harmattan winds affect northern areas; floods are common |
| affected | Philippines | astride typhoon belt, usually affected by 15 and struck by five to six cyclonic storms per year; landslides; active volcanoes; destructive earthquakes; tsunamis |
| Agrihan | Northern Mariana Islands | active volcanoes on Pagan and Agrihan; typhoons (especially August to November) |
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