word | | Natural hazards |
| tropical | Zambia | periodic drought, tropical storms (November to April) |
| tsunamis | Albania | destructive earthquakes; tsunamis occur along southwestern coast; floods; drought |
| tsunamis | Chile | severe earthquakes; active volcanism; tsunamis |
| tsunamis | China | frequent typhoons (about five per year along southern and eastern coasts); damaging floods; tsunamis; earthquakes; droughts; land subsidence |
| tsunamis | Indonesia | occasional floods, severe droughts, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes, forest fires |
| tsunamis | Japan | many dormant and some active volcanoes; about 1,500 seismic occurrences (mostly tremors) every year; tsunamis; typhoons |
| tsunamis | 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 |
| tsunamis | 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 |
| tsunamis | Peru | earthquakes, tsunamis, flooding, landslides, mild volcanic activity |
| tsunamis | Philippines | astride typhoon belt, usually affected by 15 and struck by five to six cyclonic storms per year; landslides; active volcanoes; destructive earthquakes; tsunamis |
| tsunamis | Solomon Islands | typhoons, but rarely destructive; geologically active region with frequent earthquakes, tremors, and volcanic activity; tsunamis |
| tsunamis | Timor-Leste | floods and landslides are common; earthquakes, tsunamis, tropical cyclones |
| tsunamis | United States | tsunamis, volcanoes, and 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 ... |
| tsunamis | Vanuatu | tropical cyclones or typhoons (January to April); volcanic eruption on Aoba (Ambae) island began 27 November 2005, volcanism also causes minor earthquakes; tsunamis |
| tsunamis | World | large areas subject to severe weather (tropical cyclones), natural disasters (earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions) |
| Tucuman | Argentina | San Miguel de Tucuman and Mendoza areas in the Andes subject to earthquakes; pamperos are violent windstorms that can strike the pampas and northeast; heavy flooding |
| Turkey | Turkey | severe earthquakes, especially in northern Turkey, along an arc extending from the Sea of Marmara to Lake Van |
| typhoon | Philippines | astride typhoon belt, usually affected by 15 and struck by five to six cyclonic storms per year; landslides; active volcanoes; destructive earthquakes; tsunamis |
| typhoon | Tokelau | lies in Pacific typhoon belt |
| typhoons | American Samoa | typhoons common from December to March |
| typhoons | Brunei | typhoons, earthquakes, and severe flooding are rare |
| typhoons | China | frequent typhoons (about five per year along southern and eastern coasts); damaging floods; tsunamis; earthquakes; droughts; land subsidence |
| typhoons | Cook Islands | typhoons (November to March) |
| typhoons | Guam | frequent squalls during rainy season; relatively rare, but potentially very destructive typhoons (June - December) |
| typhoons | Hong Kong | occasional typhoons |
| typhoons | Japan | many dormant and some active volcanoes; about 1,500 seismic occurrences (mostly tremors) every year; tsunamis; typhoons |
| typhoons | Kiribati | typhoons can occur any time, but usually November to March; occasional tornadoes; low level of some of the islands make them sensitive to changes in sea level |
| typhoons | Korea, North | late spring droughts often followed by severe flooding; occasional typhoons during the early fall |
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