NATURAL DISASTER

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Across
  1. 2. : a large number of cases of a particular disease or medical condition happening at the same time in a particular community
  2. 3. : a large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry
  3. 4. : a long period of time when there is little or no rain
  4. 8. : a lack of food during a long period of time in a region
  5. 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. 1. : a large amount of mud sliding down a mountain, often destroying buildings and injuring or killing people below
  2. 2. : a sudden, violent shaking of the earth’s surface
  3. 5. : an extremely large wave in the sea caused, for example, by an earthquake
  4. 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.
  5. 7. : a mass of snow, ice and rock that falls down the side of a mountain
  6. 8. FIRE : flames that are out of control and destroy trees, etc.