Disasters
Across
- 4. Large lumps of ice that fall like snow or rain.
- 5. A great flowing or overflowing of water, especially over land not usually submerged.
- 6. An opening in the earth's crust the releases magma & ash.
- 7. An uncontrollable fire that destroys most in its path.
- 8. A localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land with a funnel-like cloud that reaches the ground.
- 12. A long period of time in which an area does not have precipitation.
- 13. Massive amount of Carbon Dioxide released from a lake suffocating all humans/animals in the area.
- 15. A sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves.
Down
- 1. An object from space that hits a planet.
- 2. Severe snowstorm characterized by strong winds and low temperature.
- 3. A large mass of snow detached from a mountain slope and sliding or falling suddenly downward.
- 4. A violent tropical cyclonic storm.
- 9. A massive outbreak of a disease that effects large amounts of the population.
- 10. The rapid downward movement of a large quantity of saturated earth.
- 11. A massive amount of solar energy released from the sun that effects electronics, radios, etc.
- 14. An unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.