Natural Disasters

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Across
  1. 2. huge long ocean waves triggered by earthquakes
  2. 5. a mountain that has an opening in the land where gas/lava/ash is pushed out
  3. 7. leaving
  4. 8. a long period of low rainfall leading to a shortage of water
  5. 11. a mass of snow, ice, and rocks falling rapidly down a mountainside
  6. 12. a severe snowstorm with high winds and low visibility
  7. 15. a violently rotating column of air touching the ground
  8. 16. winds that are rotating inwards to an area of low barometric pressure
Down
  1. 1. a tropical storm with winds that have reached a constant speed of 74 mph
  2. 2. a tropical storm in the Indian or Western Pacific oceans with a wind speed of 34 knots
  3. 3. a shift in winds that often causes a very rainy season or very dry season
  4. 4. storm with very strong winds and little to no rain
  5. 6. a sudden shaking of the ground as a result tectonic plates slipping
  6. 9. the sliding of earth and rock down a mountain or cliff
  7. 10. a storm accompanied by ice(chunks of hail) that fall from the sky
  8. 13. an uncontrolled fire that burns often in rural areas
  9. 14. a overflow of water on dry land