word | | Natural hazards |
| earthquakes | Algeria | mountainous areas subject to severe earthquakes; mudslides and floods in rainy season |
| earthquakes | 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 in some areas volcanism: Argentina experiences ... |
| earthquakes | Armenia | occasionally severe earthquakes; droughts |
| earthquakes | Austria | landslides; avalanches; earthquakes |
| earthquakes | Bosnia and Herzegovina | destructive earthquakes |
| earthquakes | Brunei | typhoons, earthquakes, and severe flooding are rare |
| 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 volcanism: Chile experiences significant volcanic activity due to the more than three-dozen active volcanoes situated within the Andes Mountains; Lascar (elev. 5,592 m), which last erupted ... |
| earthquakes | China | frequent typhoons (about five per year along southern and eastern coasts); damaging floods; tsunamis; earthquakes; droughts; land subsidence volcanism: China contains some historically active volcanoes including Changbaishan (also known as Baitoushan, Baegdu ... |
| earthquakes | Colombia | highlands subject to volcanic eruptions; occasional earthquakes; periodic droughts volcanism: Galeras (elev. 4,276 m) is one of Colombia's most active volcanoes, having erupted in 2009 and 2010 causing major evacuations; it ... |
| earthquakes | Costa Rica | occasional earthquakes, hurricanes along Atlantic coast; frequent flooding of lowlands at onset of rainy season and landslides; active volcanoes volcanism: Arenal (elev. 1,670 m), which erupted in 2010, is the most active ... |
| earthquakes | Croatia | destructive earthquakes |
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