word | | Natural hazards |
| earthquakes | Bulgaria | earthquakes; landslides |
| earthquakes | Burma | destructive earthquakes and cyclones; flooding and landslides common during rainy season (June to September); periodic droughts |
| earthquakes | Chile | severe earthquakes; active volcanism; tsunamis |
| earthquakes | China | frequent typhoons (about five per year along southern and eastern coasts); damaging floods; tsunamis; earthquakes; droughts; land subsidence |
| earthquakes | Colombia | highlands subject to volcanic eruptions; occasional earthquakes; periodic droughts |
| earthquakes | Costa Rica | occasional earthquakes, hurricanes along Atlantic coast; frequent flooding of lowlands at onset of rainy season and landslides; active volcanoes |
| earthquakes | Croatia | destructive earthquakes |
| earthquakes | Djibouti | earthquakes; droughts; occasional cyclonic disturbances from the Indian Ocean bring heavy rains and flash floods |
| earthquakes | Ecuador | frequent earthquakes; landslides; volcanic activity; floods; periodic droughts |
| earthquakes | Egypt | periodic droughts; frequent earthquakes; flash floods; landslides; hot, driving windstorm called khamsin occurs in spring; dust storms; sandstorms |
| earthquakes | El Salvador | known as the Land of Volcanoes; frequent and sometimes destructive earthquakes and volcanic activity; extremely susceptible to hurricanes |
| earthquakes | Ethiopia | geologically active Great Rift Valley susceptible to earthquakes, volcanic eruptions; frequent droughts |
| earthquakes | European Union | flooding along coasts; avalanches in mountainous area; earthquakes in the south; volcanic eruptions in Italy; periodic droughts in Spain; ice floes in the Baltic |
| earthquakes | Georgia | earthquakes |
| earthquakes | Greece | severe earthquakes |
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