Norway vs. U.S.: Natural Disaster Risks

Here’s something people rarely mention: Norway barely deals with natural disasters… while the U.S.

gets hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, and wildfires. Same planet — totally

different risks. Why? Norway sits way up in the calm north — no hurricanes,

no tornado belt, and no major fault lines. The biggest threats are landslides and

heavy snow, and even those are rare compared to global averages. But the U.S.?

A huge country spanning Arctic cold to tropical heat. That means Tornado Alley in the Midwest,

hurricanes on both coasts, massive wildfires in the West, and earthquakes

from California to Alaska. The size of the U.S. creates every type