Safest cities from natural disasters

[Mosaic]

Bangkok I think, There is no earthquake, volcano, blizzard, hurricane, sand storm....

[gruber]

Milan have a good situation.
out of the Earthquake regions of Italy, just only few small rivers without floods, the closest volcano at 750 km, no blizzard or strong wind, no hurricane in the Mediterranean Sea, no sand storm (except someones vey light and rare from the Sahara), no infestations or malaria or similar.

the last 2 big events were crash airplanes, the Linate one with more than 70 deads and the small palne that crashed inside the main skyscrapers of the city 4 years ago, with fortunally just 3 deads.

[K']

Europe:
Scnadinavian cities, British cities, Spanish cities.
the rest get chance of flooding and earthquakes.

Asia:
Middle Eastern (Gulf States)
Malaysian cities

Americas:
Canadian cities
central US cities
central South American cities

Africa:
North African (Cairo, Rabat, Alexndria, Casablanca)
Nairobi
South African cities

[Josh]

Brussels is very safe

[bay_area]

Originally Posted by K'

Europe:
Scnadinavian cities, British cities, Spanish cities.
the rest get chance of flooding and earthquakes.

Asia:
Middle Eastern (Gulf States)
Malaysian cities

Americas:
Canadian cities
central US cities
central South American cities

Africa:
North African (Cairo, Rabat, Alexndria, Casablanca)
Nairobi
South African cities

I think Central US Cities have tornadoes-that scares me more then earthquakes.

[Hecago]

For America I think the Upper Midwest is probably the safest area from natural disaters.

[Grollo]

Perth in Western Australia.

[ncon]

Originally Posted by Mosaic

really?? do you recall a forest fire smok from Indonesia that time??

oh I forgot

[Sirgarbagemann]

The ATL is pretty safe, no earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, tornadoes- barley but i havent hear of any in the city, no volcanoes, but i think ther may be some flodding in the future....

[Chicagoago]

The central US gets tornadoes, but the chances of YOUR house or city being hit by one are about as good as being hit by lightning. Tornadoes are very unexpected and very violent ( hence why they're so scary ), so normally a fairly large area gets worried when one touches down. The actual damage path is normally very very small though. It gets your blood pumping a lot more than you're actually freaking out scared your personal house/town will be flattened. I would have to say the upper midwest is the safest from disaster in USA. A tornado is more natures "scare tactic" than a full blown hurricane or earthquake - which is when you know mother nature is really pissed.

Also to the post on the prior page for Chicago - tornadoes don't care about mountains/rivers/lakes, they just go right over them. The only thing that might help the city of Chicago is that during April-June, the midwests most active tornado season, the lake temperature in Chicago is still quite low. This cools the areas in the city near the lake, and as a result kinda kills off many powerful storms before they can blow through. More to do with weather systems than the capabilities of an actual tornado.

I actually get annoyed by that, as I use to love huge storm systems pounding through Iowa each spring/summer. It will definitely spice up your average late afternoon...

[-Corey-]

Originally Posted by K'

Europe:
Scnadinavian cities, British cities, Spanish cities.
the rest get chance of flooding and earthquakes.

Asia:
Middle Eastern (Gulf States)
Malaysian cities

Americas:
Canadian cities
central US cities
central South American cities
Africa:
North African (Cairo, Rabat, Alexndria, Casablanca)
Nairobi
South African cities

I think that central american cities have eartquakes and hurricanes.. like Managua, Guatemala city or San Salvador.

[Xusein]

The Northeast is probably the safest area in the US (sorry midwesterners)

Low chances of Tornados, too cold for powerful hurricanes, and earthquakes are practically non-existant.

It has been flooding more lately though, and there are blizzards in the winter, but those are more of an irritant than a disaster.

[jlshyang]

Originally Posted by Mosaic

really?? do you recall a forest fire smok from Indonesia that time??

That's not a natural disaster. Anyway the smog is blown by wind from Indonesia.

[DMA Brasil]

Originally Posted by Kuesel

Paris, Curitiba and Berlin maybe: no earthslides, avalanges, earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes or serious floodings. Also no severe colds like Moscow.

I thought just in Curitiba! I think also that Bologne perhaps is a very safe place from natural desasters, like Manchester also.

[Evangelion]

i'm thinking Seoul, for a major city its pretty safe, they dont get earthquakes/ volcanoes/ typhoons(if ever a fringe gust)/ a snowstorm here and there. In general pretty safe from natural disasters........................... oh but they do get the nasty yellow dust blown over from china every year ( does that count as a natural disaster?)

[Joey313]

los angeles

















Just kidding

[Novak]

Swedish and Finnish cities have very safe location I guess! No earthquakes, no tsunamis, no tornedos/hurricanes and stuff like that.. I'm quite happy that I born to this nation.

[centreoftheuniverse]

Originally Posted by Hecago

For America I think the Upper Midwest is probably the safest area from natural disaters.

Not so. Old Faithful in Yellowstone they say is one of the largest if not the largest volcano on Earth. The Upper Midwest lies just downwind, getting the worst of the volcanic debris and ash. Trust me, if you had saw that Discovery Channel show on this, you know how dangerous it is. No one really know when it will erupt again.

[Hecago]

Originally Posted by centreoftheuniverse

No one really know when it will erupt again.

That's the key sentence right there. No one knows.

[hkskyline]

Originally Posted by Evangelion

i'm thinking Seoul, for a major city its pretty safe, they dont get earthquakes/ volcanoes/ typhoons(if ever a fringe gust)/ a snowstorm here and there. In general pretty safe from natural disasters........................... oh but they do get the nasty yellow dust blown over from china every year ( does that count as a natural disaster?)

I'd consider that a man-made problem due to deforestation and the subsequent desertification.