NATURAL DISASTER
Across
- 2. : a large number of cases of a particular disease or medical condition happening at the same time in a particular community
- 3. : a large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry
- 4. : a long period of time when there is little or no rain
- 8. : a lack of food during a long period of time in a region
- 9. ERUPTION : a mountain with a large opening at the top through which gases and lava (= hot liquid rock) are forced out into the air, or have been in the past
Down
- 1. : a large amount of mud sliding down a mountain, often destroying buildings and injuring or killing people below
- 2. : a sudden, violent shaking of the earth’s surface
- 5. : an extremely large wave in the sea caused, for example, by an earthquake
- 6. : a violent storm with very strong winds that move in a circle. There is often also a long cloud that is narrower at the bottom than the top.
- 7. : a mass of snow, ice and rock that falls down the side of a mountain
- 8. FIRE : flames that are out of control and destroy trees, etc.