Extreme Natural Events

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Across
  1. 2. Overflow of water that submerges land that is usually dry
  2. 3. Hazard Occurs when temperatures drop below freezing damaging crops
  3. 5. Sudden flow of snow down a mountain slope
  4. 6. Extended period of unusually high temperatures
  5. 8. Powerful rotating storm common in the South Pacific region
  6. 11. Small rotating column of air also known as a dust devil
  7. 14. Volcanic mudflow caused by melted snow and debris
  8. 15. Soil behaving like a liquid during an earthquake, seen in Christchurch
  9. 17. Release of lava, ash, and gases from a volcano
  10. 19. Storm producing balls of ice that fall from the sky
  11. 20. Sudden shaking of the ground caused by movement of tectonic plates
  12. 23. Area known for geothermal activity and volcanic hazards
  13. 24. Prolonged period of very low rainfall causing water shortages
Down
  1. 1. Smaller earthquake that follows a larger one
  2. 4. Site of the 1953 lahar disaster
  3. 7. Opening in the Earth’s crust that erupts lava, ash, and gases
  4. 9. Rapid movement of rock, earth, or debris down a slope
  5. 10. Surge Rise in sea level during a storm causing coastal flooding
  6. 11. Series of large ocean waves often triggered by underwater earthquakes
  7. 12. Crack in the Earth’s crust where movement occurs
  8. 13. Uncontrolled fire spreading rapidly through vegetation
  9. 16. Location of the 2016 New Zealand earthquake
  10. 18. Major fault line running through the South Island
  11. 21. Breaking of the Earth’s surface during an earthquake
  12. 22. Active volcano in the central North Island