Disasters - agb
Across
- 2. a conflict between nations
- 5. a ship that has sunk
- 7. a time when oil is floating on the ocean: an oil _____
- 8. a vehicle that carries injured or sick people
- 10. a large tropical storm on the Pacific Ocean
- 11. people who rescue others at sea (5,5)
- 14. a time when lack of rain causes crops to wither
- 19. a serious accident: a plane _____
- 20. a time when many people are starving
- 21. a mass of rocks and earth that slide down a mountain
- 23. a time when too much rain causes rivers to overflow
- 24. a time when the ground shakes
- 25. a time when lava and ash come out of a volcano
Down
- 1. a place where sick and injured people are treated
- 2. a prolonged period of really hot weather: a heat ____
- 3. a war between groups within a country: _____ war
- 4. a severe winter snowstorm
- 6. another word for forest fire
- 7. a time when the electricity is not working: a power ________
- 9. hazardous chemicals leaking into the soil: toxic _____________
- 11. global warming or cooling: climate _____
- 12. a large deadly wave on the ocean
- 13. a large tropical storm in the Atlantic Ocean
- 15. a twisting column of air
- 16. a mass of snow or ice that slides down a mountain
- 17. a dangerous out-of-control situation at a nuclear power plant: a nuclear ________
- 18. an angry mob that vandalizes a city
- 22. a person who lives through a disaster