| Country | Natural hazards |
| El Salvador | known as the Land of Volcanoes; frequent and sometimes destructive earthquakes and volcanic activity; extremely susceptible to hurricanes |
| Equatorial Guinea | violent windstorms, flash floods |
| Eritrea | frequent droughts; locust swarms |
| Estonia | sometimes flooding occurs in the spring |
| Ethiopia | geologically active Great Rift Valley susceptible to earthquakes, volcanic eruptions; frequent droughts |
| Europa Island | void |
| 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 |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | strong winds persist throughout the year |
| Faroe Islands | NA |
| Fiji | cyclonic storms can occur from November to January |
| Finland | NA |
| France | metropolitan France: flooding; avalanches; midwinter windstorms; drought; forest fires in south near the Mediterranean
overseas departments: hurricanes (cyclones), flooding, volcanic activity (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion) |
| French Guiana | void |
| French Polynesia | occasional cyclonic storms in January |
| French Southern and Antarctic Lands | Ile Amsterdam and Ile Saint-Paul are inactive volcanoes; Iles Eparses subject to periodic cyclones; Bassas da India is a maritime hazard since it is under water for a period of three hours prior to and following the high tide and surrounded by reefs |
| Gabon | NA |
| Gambia, The | drought (rainfall has dropped by 30% in the last 30 years) |
| Gaza Strip | droughts |
| Georgia | earthquakes |
| Germany | flooding |
| Ghana | dry, dusty, northeastern harmattan winds occur from January to March; droughts |
| Gibraltar | NA |
| Glorioso Islands | void |
| Greece | severe earthquakes |
| Greenland | continuous permafrost over northern two-thirds of the island |
| Grenada | lies on edge of hurricane belt; hurricane season lasts from June to November |
| Guadeloupe | void |
| Guam | frequent squalls during rainy season; relatively rare, but potentially very destructive typhoons (June - December) |
| Guatemala | numerous volcanoes in mountains, with occasional violent earthquakes; Caribbean coast extremely susceptible to hurricanes and other tropical storms |
| Guernsey | NA |
| Guinea | hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season |
| Guinea-Bissau | hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season; brush fires |
| Guyana | flash floods are a constant threat during rainy seasons |
| Haiti | lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding and earthquakes; periodic droughts |
| Heard Island and McDonald Islands | Mawson Peak, an active volcano, is on Heard Island |
| Holy See (Vatican City) | NA |
| Honduras | frequent, but generally mild, earthquakes; extremely susceptible to damaging hurricanes and floods along the Caribbean coast |
| Hong Kong | occasional typhoons |
| Howland Island | void |
| Hungary | void |
| Iceland | earthquakes and volcanic activity |
| Iles Eparses | void |
| India | droughts; flash floods, as well as widespread and destructive flooding from monsoonal rains; severe thunderstorms; earthquakes |
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