United States

The USA is a target for terrorism and the threat remains for the foreseeable future. The USA also has a high crime rate, immigration problems and every week there are an estimated 340 murders, 10,000 robberies and 2,000 rapes. Some may say that these reports of statistics are not that large due to the overall size of the country. Gunfire, armed robberies, general travel, terrorism, emergency first aid. Depending on regions: climate injuries, off road travel, wildlife. Crime rates vary from state to state.

Safe to drink in capital, hotels and major cities and towns. If in doubt use bottled water.

Vast central plain, mountains in west, hills and low mountains in east; rugged mountains and broad river valleys in Alaska; rugged, volcanic topography in Hawaii.

Mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semi-arid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the south-west; low winter temperatures in the north-west are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.

Tsunamis, volcanoes, and earthquake activity around Pacific Basin; hurricanes along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts; tornadoes in the mid-west and south-east; mud slides in California; forest fires in the west; flooding; permafrost in northern Alaska, a major impediment to development. Forest fires.