Natural Disasters
Across
- 5. occurs involving elements of the ground, rocks, trees
- 7. shortage of water and crops failure
- 8. rain drops that have formed together into ice
- 10. affects the environment and leads to different losses
- 11. a slide of a large snow mass down a mountainside
- 12. a cyclonic storm that forms over the oceans
Down
- 1. a winter storm with low temperatures, winds and heavy snow
- 2. the result of rainfall or rapid melting of large amounts of snow
- 3. a wave of water often caused by undersea earthquakes
- 4. a violent rotating column of air blowing at high speeds
- 6. a sudden release of stored energy that radiates seismic waves
- 9. an uncontrolled fire in wildland areas