word | | Natural hazards |
| typhoons | Korea, South | occasional typhoons bring high winds and floods; low-level seismic activity common in southwest |
| typhoons | Macau | typhoons |
| typhoons | Marshall Islands | infrequent typhoons |
| typhoons | Micronesia, Federated States of | typhoons (June to December) |
| typhoons | Niue | typhoons |
| typhoons | Norfolk Island | typhoons (especially May to July) |
| typhoons | Northern Mariana Islands | active volcanoes on Pagan and Agrihan; typhoons (especially August to November) |
| typhoons | Pacific Ocean | ... 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 December (most frequent from July to October ... |
| typhoons | Palau | typhoons (June to December) |
| typhoons | Paracel Islands | typhoons |
| typhoons | Pitcairn Islands | typhoons (especially November to March) |
| typhoons | Samoa | occasional typhoons; active volcanism |
| typhoons | Solomon Islands | typhoons, but rarely destructive; geologically active region with frequent earthquakes, tremors, and volcanic activity; tsunamis |
| typhoons | Spratly Islands | typhoons; numerous reefs and shoals pose a serious maritime hazard |
| typhoons | Taiwan | earthquakes and typhoons |
| typhoons | Vanuatu | tropical cyclones or typhoons (January to April); volcanic eruption on Aoba (Ambae) island began 27 November 2005, volcanism also causes minor earthquakes; tsunamis |
| typhoons | Vietnam | occasional typhoons (May to January) with extensive flooding, especially in the Mekong River delta |
| typhoons | Wake Island | occasional typhoons |
| unstable | Morocco | northern mountains geologically unstable and subject to earthquakes; periodic droughts |
| usual | Trinidad and Tobago | outside usual path of hurricanes and other tropical storms |
| usually | 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 |
| usually | New Zealand | earthquakes are common, though usually not severe; volcanic activity |
| usually | Philippines | astride typhoon belt, usually affected by 15 and struck by five to six cyclonic storms per year; landslides; active volcanoes; destructive earthquakes; tsunamis |
| usually | Tuvalu | severe tropical storms are usually rare, but, in 1997, there were three cyclones; low level of islands make them sensitive to changes in sea level |
| Valley | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | periodic droughts in south; Congo River floods (seasonal); in the east, in the Great Rift Valley, there are active volcanoes |
| Valley | Ethiopia | geologically active Great Rift Valley susceptible to earthquakes, volcanic eruptions; frequent droughts |
| Van | Turkey | severe earthquakes, especially in northern Turkey, along an arc extending from the Sea of Marmara to Lake Van |
| variations | Southern Ocean | ... and iceberg fragments; sea ice (generally 0.5 to 1 m thick) with sometimes dynamic short-term variations and with large annual and interannual variations; deep continental shelf floored by glacial deposits varying ... |
| varying | Southern Ocean | ... term variations and with large annual and interannual variations; deep continental shelf floored by glacial deposits varying widely over short distances; high winds and large waves much of the year; ship icing ... |
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