But honestly, in New Jersey, hardly ever.

1 of the recent hurricances technically passed through new jersey, and we just got a day of heavy rain. It rains heavier in Britain on normal days. lol

Technically, earthquakes happen all over.
But disastrous ones don’t happen in NJ.

We’ve had 3 very tiny twisters in my lifetime that at most uprooted some trees.

Really, you’ll just die of the air pollutants in my state. lol

Hurricanes are worst along the coasts and a few miles inland. Once they hit land and move inland, it’s mostly heavy rain and wind, but no storm surge. Storm surge is what causes the dramatic damage of houses being wiped away.

Tornadoes rarely hit the same place twice, and really only effect relatively small sections at a time. You can live in Tornado Alley for years and never see one. They rarely set down in cities.

Severe earthquakes and volcanoes are in the same areas on the West Coast (Ring of Fire). As are fires and mudslides. The rest of the county has had earthquakes in the past (some parts far in the past), but big quakes are unlikely outside of the West Coast and Alaska.

Avalanches are easy to avoid if you don’t ski and/or stay away from mountains. Flooding is fairly easy to avoid, just look for places that are at least 50 feet higher than the nearest body of water.

So most of the US is safe. I’d avoid Florida and the Gulf coast, but more from the hot humid summers than from hurricanes.

Great Britain isn’t immune either:

"2007 saw major floods across Great Britain and Northern Ireland, with worse predicted to come. And in the first few months of 2008, we’ve already seen gale-force winds, snow in April, and even an earthquake which was felt around many parts of the country."

http://hubpages.com/hub/bizarre-uk-weather