| | Land | Elementarrisiken |
 | Afghanistan | damaging earthquakes occur in Hindu Kush mountains; flooding; droughts |
 | Ägypten | periodic droughts; frequent earthquakes; flash floods; landslides; hot, driving windstorm called khamsin occurs in spring; dust storms; sandstorms |
 | Albanien | destructive earthquakes; tsunamis occur along southwestern coast; floods; drought |
 | Algerien | mountainous areas subject to severe earthquakes; mudslides and floods in rainy season |
 | Amerikanische Jungferninseln | several hurricanes in recent years; frequent and severe droughts and floods; occasional earthquakes |
 | Amerikanisch-Samoa | typhoons common from December to March |
 | Andorra | Lawinen |
 | Angola | locally heavy rainfall causes periodic flooding on the plateau |
 | Anguilla | frequent hurricanes and other tropical storms (July to October) |
 | Antarktika | katabatic (gravity-driven) winds blow coastward from the high interior; frequent blizzards form near the foot of the plateau; cyclonic storms form over the ocean and move clockwise along the coast; volcanism on Deception Island and isolated areas of West Antarctica; other seismic activity rare and weak; large icebergs may calve from ice shelf |
 | Antigua und Barbuda | hurricanes and tropical storms (July to October); periodic droughts |
 | Äquatorialguinea | violent windstorms; flash floods |
 | Argentinien | 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 |
| Arktischer Ozean | ice islands occasionally break away from northern Ellesmere Island; icebergs calved from glaciers in western Greenland and extreme northeastern Canada; permafrost in islands; virtually ice locked from October to June; ships subject to superstructure icing from October to May |
 | Armenien | occasionally severe earthquakes; droughts |
 | Aruba | hurricanes; lies outside the Caribbean hurricane belt and is rarely threatened |
 | Aserbaidschan | Dürren |
 | Ashmore- und Cartierinseln | surrounded by shoals and reefs that can pose maritime hazards |
 | Äthiopien | geologically active Great Rift Valley susceptible to earthquakes, volcanic eruptions; frequent droughts |
| Atlantischer Ozean | icebergs common in Davis Strait, Denmark Strait, and the northwestern Atlantic Ocean from February to August and have been spotted as far south as Bermuda and the Madeira Islands; ships subject to superstructure icing in extreme northern Atlantic from October to May; persistent fog can be a maritime hazard from May to September; hurricanes (May to December) |
 | Australien | cyclones along the coast; severe droughts; forest fires |
 | Bahamas | hurricanes and other tropical storms cause extensive flood and wind damage |
 | Bahrain | periodic droughts; dust storms |
 | Bangladesch | droughts; cyclones; much of the country routinely inundated during the summer monsoon season |
 | Barbados | infrequent hurricanes; periodic landslides |
 | Belarus | NA |
 | Belgien | flooding is a threat along rivers and in areas of reclaimed coastal land, protected from the sea by concrete dikes |
 | Belize | frequent, devastating hurricanes (June to November) and coastal flooding (especially in south) |
 | Benin | hot, dry, dusty harmattan wind may affect north from December to March |
 | Bermuda | hurricanes (June to November) |
 | Bhutan | violent storms from the Himalayas are the source of the country's name, which translates as Land of the Thunder Dragon; frequent landslides during the rainy season |
 | Bolivien | flooding in the northeast (March-April) |
 | Bosnien und Herzegowina | destructive earthquakes |
 | Botsuana | periodic droughts; seasonal August winds blow from the west, carrying sand and dust across the country, which can obscure visibility |
 | Bouvetinsel | NA |
 | Brasilien | recurring droughts in northeast; floods and occasional frost in south |
 | Britische Jungferninseln | hurricanes and tropical storms (July to October) |
 | Britisches Territorium im Indischen Ozean | NA |
 | Brunei Darussalam | typhoons, earthquakes, and severe flooding are rare |
 | Bulgarien | earthquakes; landslides |
 | Burkina Faso | recurring droughts |
 | Burundi | flooding; landslides; drought |
 | Cabo Verde | prolonged droughts; seasonal harmattan wind produces obscuring dust; volcanically and seismically active |
 | Chile | severe earthquakes; active volcanism; tsunamis |
 | China | frequent typhoons (about five per year along southern and eastern coasts); damaging floods; tsunamis; earthquakes; droughts; land subsidence |
 | Clipperton | NA |
 | Cookinseln | typhoons (November to March) |
 | Costa Rica | occasional earthquakes, hurricanes along Atlantic coast; frequent flooding of lowlands at onset of rainy season and landslides; active volcanoes |
 | Côte d'Ivoire | coast has heavy surf and no natural harbors; during the rainy season torrential flooding is possible |
 | Curaçao | Curacao is south of the Caribbean hurricane belt and is rarely threatened |
 | Dänemark | flooding is a threat in some areas of the country (e.g., parts of Jutland, along the southern coast of the island of Lolland) that are protected from the sea by a system of dikes |
 | Deutschland | flooding |
 | Dominica | flash floods are a constant threat; destructive hurricanes can be expected during the late summer months |
 | Dominikanische Republik | lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding; periodic droughts |
 | Dschibuti | earthquakes; droughts; occasional cyclonic disturbances from the Indian Ocean bring heavy rains and flash floods |
 | Ecuador | frequent earthquakes; landslides; volcanic activity; floods; periodic droughts |
 | El Salvador | known as the Land of Volcanoes; frequent and sometimes destructive earthquakes and volcanic activity; extremely susceptible to hurricanes |
 | Eritrea | frequent droughts; locust swarms |
 | Estland | sometimes flooding occurs in the spring |
 | Eswatini | drought |
 | Europäische 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 |
 | Falklandinseln | strong winds persist throughout the year |
 | Färöer | NA |
 | Fidschi | cyclonic storms can occur from November to January |
 | Finnland | NA |
 | Frankreich | metropolitan France: flooding; avalanches; midwinter windstorms; drought; forest fires in south near the Mediterranean; overseas departments: hurricanes (cyclones); flooding; volcanic activity (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion) |
 | Französische Süd- und Antarktisgebiete | 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 |
 | Französisch-Polynesien | occasional cyclonic storms in January |
 | Gabun | NA |
 | Gambia | drought (rainfall has dropped by 30% in the last 30 years) |
 | Gazastreifen | Dürren |
 | Georgien | earthquakes |
 | Ghana | dry, dusty, northeastern harmattan winds occur from January to March; droughts |
 | Gibraltar | NA |
 | Grenada | lies on edge of hurricane belt; hurricane season lasts from June to November |
 | Griechenland | severe earthquakes |
 | Grönland | continuous permafrost over northern two-thirds of the island |
 | Großbritannien | winter windstorms; floods |
 | Guam | frequent squalls during rainy season; relatively rare but potentially 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 und McDonaldinseln | Mawson Peak, an active volcano, is on Heard Island |
 | Honduras | frequent, but generally mild, earthquakes; extremely susceptible to damaging hurricanes and floods along the Caribbean coast |
 | Hongkong | occasional typhoons |
 | Indien | droughts; flash floods, as well as widespread and destructive flooding from monsoonal rains; severe thunderstorms; earthquakes |
| Indischer Ozean | occasional icebergs pose navigational hazard in southern reaches |
 | Indonesien | occasional floods; severe droughts; tsunamis; earthquakes; volcanoes; forest fires |
 | Insel Man | NA |
 | Irak | dust storms; sandstorms; floods |
 | Iran | periodic droughts, floods; dust storms, sandstorms; earthquakes |
 | Irland | NA |
 | Island | earthquakes and volcanic activity |
 | Israel | sandstorms may occur during spring and summer; droughts; periodic earthquakes |
 | Italien | regional risks include landslides, mudflows, avalanches, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, flooding; land subsidence in Venice |
 | Jamaika | hurricanes (especially July to November) |
 | Jan Mayen | dominated by the volcano Beerenberg; volcanic activity resumed in 1970; the most recent eruption occurred in 1985 |
 | Japan | many dormant and some active volcanoes; about 1,500 seismic occurrences (mostly tremors) every year; tsunamis; typhoons |
 | Jemen | sandstorms and dust storms in summer |
 | Jersey | NA |
 | Jordanien | droughts; periodic earthquakes |
 | Kaimaninseln | hurricanes (July to November) |
 | Kambodscha | monsoonal rains (June to November); flooding; occasional droughts |
 | Kamerun | volcanic activity with periodic releases of poisonous gases from Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun volcanoes |
 | Kanada | continuous permafrost in north is a serious obstacle to development; cyclonic storms form east of the Rocky Mountains, a result of the mixing of air masses from the Arctic, Pacific, and North American interior, and produce most of the country's rain and snow east of the mountains |
 | Kasachstan | earthquakes in the south; mudslides around Almaty |
 | Katar | haze, dust storms, sandstorms common |
 | Kenia | recurring drought; flooding during rainy seasons |
 | Kirgisistan | NA |
 | 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 |
 | Kokosinseln (Keelinginseln) | cyclone season is October to April |
 | Kolumbien | highlands subject to volcanic eruptions; occasional earthquakes; periodic droughts |
 | Komoren | cyclones possible during rainy season (December to April); Le Karthala on Grand Comore is an active volcano |
 | Kongo | seasonal flooding |
 | Kongo, Demokratische Republik | periodic droughts in south; Congo River floods (seasonal); in the east, in the Great Rift Valley, there are active volcanoes |
 | Korallenmeerinseln | occasional tropical cyclones |
 | Korea, Demokratische Volksrepublik | late spring droughts often followed by severe flooding; occasional typhoons during the early fall |
 | Korea, Republik | occasional typhoons bring high winds and floods; low-level seismic activity common in southwest |
 | Kroatien | destructive earthquakes |
 | Kuba | the east coast is subject to hurricanes from August to November (in general, the country averages about one hurricane every other year); droughts are common |
 | Kuwait | sudden cloudbursts are common from October to April and bring heavy rain, which can damage roads and houses; sandstorms and dust storms occur throughout the year but are most common between March and August |
 | Laos | floods, droughts |
 | Lesotho | periodic droughts |
 | Lettland | NA |
 | Libanon | dust storms, sandstorms |
 | Liberia | dust-laden harmattan winds blow from the Sahara (December to March) |
 | Libyen | hot, dry, dust-laden ghibli is a southern wind lasting one to four days in spring and fall; dust storms, sandstorms |
 | Liechtenstein | NA |
 | Litauen | NA |
 | Luxemburg | NA |
 | Macau | typhoons |
 | Madagaskar | periodic cyclones; drought; and locust infestation |
 | Malawi | NA |
 | Malaysia | flooding; landslides; forest fires |
 | Malediven | tsunamis; low elevation of islands makes them sensitive to sea level rise |
 | Mali | hot, dust-laden harmattan haze common during dry seasons; recurring droughts; occasional Niger River flooding |
 | Malta | NA |
 | Marokko | northern mountains geologically unstable and subject to earthquakes; periodic droughts |
 | Marshallinseln | infrequent typhoons |
 | Mauretanien | hot, dry, dust/sand-laden sirocco wind blows primarily in March and April; periodic droughts |
 | Mauritius | cyclones (November to April); almost completely surrounded by reefs that may pose maritime hazards |
 | Mayotte | cyclones during rainy season |
 | Mexiko | 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 |
 | Mikronesien | typhoons (June to December) |
 | Moldau | landslides |
 | Monaco | NA |
 | Mongolei | dust storms; grassland and forest fires; drought; "zud," which is harsh winter conditions |
 | Montenegro | destructive earthquakes |
 | Montserrat | severe hurricanes (June to November); volcanic eruptions (Soufriere Hills volcano has erupted continuously since 1995) |
 | Mosambik | severe droughts; devastating cyclones and floods in central and southern provinces |
 | Myanmar | destructive earthquakes and cyclones; flooding and landslides common during rainy season (June to September); periodic droughts |
 | Namibia | prolonged periods of drought |
 | Nauru | periodic droughts |
 | Navassa | hurricanes |
 | Nepal | severe thunderstorms; flooding; landslides; drought and famine depending on the timing, intensity, and duration of the summer monsoons |
 | Neukaledonien | cyclones, most frequent from November to March |
 | Neuseeland | earthquakes are common, though usually not severe; volcanic activity |
 | Nicaragua | destructive earthquakes; volcanoes; landslides; extremely susceptible to hurricanes |
 | Niederlande | flooding |
 | Niederländische Antillen | Sint Maarten, Saba, and Sint Eustatius are subject to hurricanes from July to October; Curacao and Bonaire are south of Caribbean hurricane belt and are rarely threatened |
 | Niger | recurring droughts |
 | Nigeria | periodic droughts; flooding |
 | Niue | typhoons |
 | Nördliche Marianen | active volcanoes on Pagan and Agrihan; typhoons (especially August to November) |
 | Nordmazedonien | high seismic risks |
 | Norfolkinsel | typhoons (especially May to July) |
 | Norwegen | rockslides, avalanches |
 | Oman | summer winds often raise large sandstorms and dust storms in interior; periodic droughts |
 | Österreich | landslides; avalanches; earthquakes |
 | Pakistan | frequent earthquakes, occasionally severe especially in north and west; flooding along the Indus after heavy rains (July and August) |
 | Palau | typhoons (June to December) |
 | Panama | occasional severe storms and forest fires in the Darien area |
 | Papua-Neuguinea | active volcanism; situated along the Pacific "Ring of Fire"; the country is subject to frequent and sometimes severe earthquakes; mud slides; tsunamis |
| Paracelsus-Inseln | typhoons |
 | Paraguay | local flooding in southeast (early September to June); poorly drained plains may become boggy (early October to June) |
| Pazifischer Ozean | surrounded by a zone of violent volcanic 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); tropical cyclones (hurricanes) may form south of Mexico and strike Central America and Mexico from June to October (most common in August and September); cyclical El Nino/La Nina phenomenon occurs in the equatorial Pacific, influencing weather in the Western Hemisphere and the western Pacific; ships subject to superstructure icing in extreme north from October to May; persistent fog in the northern Pacific can be a maritime hazard from June to December |
 | Peru | earthquakes, tsunamis, flooding, landslides, mild volcanic activity |
 | Philippinen | astride typhoon belt, usually affected by 15 and struck by five to six cyclonic storms per year; landslides; active volcanoes; destructive earthquakes; tsunamis |
 | Pitcairninseln | typhoons (especially November to March) |
 | Polen | flooding |
 | Portugal | Azores subject to severe earthquakes |
 | Puerto Rico | periodic droughts; hurricanes |
 | Ruanda | periodic droughts; the volcanic Virunga mountains are in the northwest along the border with Democratic Republic of the Congo |
 | Rumänien | earthquakes, most severe in south and southwest; geologic structure and climate promote landslides |
 | Russische Föderation | permafrost over much of Siberia is a major impediment to development; volcanic activity in the Kuril Islands; volcanoes and earthquakes on the Kamchatka Peninsula; spring floods and summer/autumn forest fires throughout Siberia and parts of European Russia |
 | Salomonen | typhoons, but rarely destructive; geologically active region with frequent earthquakes, tremors, and volcanic activity; tsunamis |
 | Sambia | periodic drought; tropical storms (November to April) |
 | Samoa | occasional typhoons; active volcanism |
 | San Marino | NA |
 | São Tomé und Príncipe | NA |
 | Saudi-Arabien | frequent sand and dust storms |
 | Schweden | ice floes in the surrounding waters, especially in the Gulf of Bothnia, can interfere with maritime traffic |
 | Schweiz | avalanches, landslides; flash floods |
 | Senegal | lowlands seasonally flooded; periodic droughts |
 | Serbien | destructive earthquakes |
 | Seychellen | lies outside the cyclone belt, so severe storms are rare; short droughts possible |
 | Sierra Leone | dry, sand-laden harmattan winds blow from the Sahara (December to February); sandstorms, dust storms |
 | Simbabwe | recurring droughts; floods and severe storms are rare |
 | Singapur | NA |
 | Sint Maarten | subject to hurricanes from July to November |
 | Slowakei | NA |
 | Slowenien | flooding; earthquakes |
 | Somalia | recurring droughts; frequent dust storms over eastern plains in summer; floods during rainy season |
 | Spanien | periodic droughts, occasional flooding |
 | Spitzbergen | ice floes often block the entrance to Bellsund (a transit point for coal export) on the west coast and occasionally make parts of the northeastern coast inaccessible to maritime traffic |
| Spratly-Inseln | typhoons; numerous reefs and shoals pose a serious maritime hazard |
 | Sri Lanka | occasional cyclones and tornadoes |
 | St. Helena | active volcanism on Tristan da Cunha, last eruption in 1961 |
 | St. Kitts und Nevis | hurricanes (July to October) |
 | St. Lucia | hurricanes; volcanic activity |
| St. Martin | subject to hurricanes from July to November |
 | St. Pierre und Miquelon | persistent fog throughout the year can be a maritime hazard |
 | St. Vincent und die Grenadinen | hurricanes; Soufriere volcano on the island of Saint Vincent is a constant threat |
 | Südafrika | prolonged droughts |
 | Sudan | dust storms and periodic persistent droughts |
 | Südgeorgien und die Südlichen Sandwichinseln | the South Sandwich Islands have prevailing weather conditions that generally make them difficult to approach by ship; they are also subject to active volcanism |
| Südlicher Ozean | huge icebergs with drafts up to several hundred meters; smaller bergs 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 widely over short distances; high winds and large waves much of the year; ship icing, especially May-October; most of region is remote from sources of search and rescue |
 | Suriname | NA |
 | Syrien | dust storms, sandstorms |
 | Tadschikistan | earthquakes; floods |
 | Taiwan | earthquakes; typhoons |
 | Tansania | flooding on the central plateau during the rainy season; drought |
 | Thailand | land subsidence in Bangkok area resulting from the depletion of the water table; droughts |
 | Timor-Leste | floods and landslides are common; earthquakes; tsunamis; tropical cyclones |
 | Togo | hot, dry harmattan wind can reduce visibility in north during winter; periodic droughts |
 | Tokelau | lies in Pacific typhoon belt |
 | Tonga | cyclones (October to April); earthquakes and volcanic activity on Fonuafo'ou |
 | Trinidad und Tobago | outside usual path of hurricanes and other tropical storms |
 | Tschad | hot, dry, dusty harmattan winds occur in north; periodic droughts; locust plagues |
 | Tschechische Republik | flooding |
 | Tunesien | NA |
 | Türkei | severe earthquakes, especially in northern Turkey, along an arc extending from the Sea of Marmara to Lake Van |
 | Turkmenistan | NA |
 | Turks- und Caicosinseln | frequent hurricanes |
 | 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 |
 | Uganda | NA |
 | Ukraine | NA |
| United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges | Kingman Reef: wet or awash most of the time, maximum elevation of less than 2 m makes Kingman Reef a maritime hazardBaker, Howland, and Jarvis Islands: the narrow fringing reef surrounding the island can be a maritime hazard; |
 | Uruguay | seasonally high winds (the pampero is a chilly and occasional violent wind that blows north from the Argentine pampas), droughts, floods; because of the absence of mountains, which act as weather barriers, all locations are particularly vulnerable to rapid changes from weather fronts |
 | Usbekistan | NA |
 | Vanuatu | tropical cyclones or typhoons (January to April); volcanic eruption on Aoba (Ambae) island began on 27 November 2005, volcanism also causes minor earthquakes; tsunamis |
 | Vatikanstadt | NA |
 | Venezuela | subject to floods, rockslides, mudslides; periodic droughts |
 | Vereinigte Arabische Emirate | frequent sand and dust storms |
 | Vereinigte Staaten | tsunamis; volcanoes; 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; flooding; permafrost in northern Alaska, a major impediment to development |
 | Vietnam | occasional typhoons (May to January) with extensive flooding, especially in the Mekong River delta |
 | Wake | occasional typhoons |
 | Wallis und Futuna | NA |
 | Weihnachtsinsel | the narrow fringing reef surrounding the island can be a maritime hazard |
 | Welt insgesamt | large areas subject to severe weather (tropical cyclones); natural disasters (earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions);
volcanism: the world is home to more than 1,500 potentially active volcanoes, with over 500 of these having erupted in historical times; an estimated 500 million people live near these volcanoes; associated dangers include lava flows, lahars (mudflows), pyroclastic flows, ash clouds, ash fall, ballistic projectiles, gas emissions, landslides, earthquakes, and tsunamis; in the 1990s, the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, created a list of 16 volcanoes worthy of special study because of their great potential for destruction: Avachinsky-Koryaksky (Russia), Colima (Mexico), Etna (Italy), Galeras (Colombia), Mauna Loa (United States), Merapi (Indonesia), Nyiragongo (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Rainier (United States), Sakurajima (Japan), Santa Maria (Guatemala), Santorini (Greece), Taal (Philippines), Teide (Spain), Ulawun (Papua New Guinea), and Unzen (Japan) |
| Westjordanland | Dürren |
 | Westsahara | hot, dry, dust/sand-laden sirocco wind can occur during winter and spring; widespread harmattan haze exists 60% of time, often severely restricting visibility |
 | Zentralafrikanische Republik | hot, dry, dusty harmattan winds affect northern areas; floods are common |
 | Zypern | moderate earthquake activity; droughts |