Natural Disasters

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Across
  1. 2. Overflow of water covering land that is usually dry.
  2. 6. Storm that produces balls of ice.
  3. 10. Release of lava, ash and gases from a volcano.
  4. 12. Storm with thunder, lightning and heavy rain.
  5. 13. Violently rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm.
  6. 14. Rapid flow of snow down a mountain.
  7. 15. Sudden movement of rock and soil down a slope.
  8. 16. Powerful electrical discharge during a storm.
  9. 17. Powerful rotating tropical storm found in the Southern Hemisphere.
  10. 18. Uncontrolled fire burning through forests, grasslands or bush.
Down
  1. 1. Severe snowstorm with strong winds.
  2. 3. Mountain that erupts lava, ash and gases.
  3. 4. Tropical cyclone that forms in the Atlantic Ocean.
  4. 5. Sudden shaking of the Earth's surface caused by moving tectonic plates.
  5. 6. Extended period of unusually hot weather.
  6. 7. Tropical cyclone that forms in the western Pacific Ocean.
  7. 8. Long period of below-average rainfall.
  8. 9. Large uncontrolled vegetation fire.
  9. 11. Strong winds carrying large amounts of sand.
  10. 12. Giant ocean wave usually caused by an underwater earthquake.