natural disasters
Across
- 3. an overflow of water onto land that’s usually dry
- 7. severe snowstorm with high winds
- 8. abnormally hot weather that lasts more than two days
- 9. a sudden shaking of the ground that occurs when tectonic plates shift
- 11. a shortage of rain over a long time
- 12. an uncontrolled fire in a forest or grassland
Down
- 1. violently spinning, funnel-shaped columns of air
- 2. tropical storm whose winds have reached over 100 kph
- 4. when a large amount of dirt, rock, and other materials move down a steep slope
- 5. when gas or lava leaves a volcano, it can be explosive
- 6. when a large amount of snow, rock, and ice moves down a mountain
- 10. a large wave caused by underwater earthquakes or volcanic eruptions