Natural Disasters

3. a long period when there is little or no rain
7. an increase in the earth's atmospheric and oceanic temperatures widely predicted to occur due to an increase in the greenhouse effect resulting especially from pollution
8. a large amount of ice, snow and rock falling quickly down the side of a mountain
9. the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material
10. a sudden violent movement of the Earth's surface, sometimes causing great damage

1. a rising and overflowing of a body of water especially onto normally dry land
2. an extreme scarcity of food
4. an extremly large wave caused by movement of the Earth under the sea,often caused by an earthquake
5. violent wind with a lot of rain which moves quickly in a circle
6. an uncontrolled fire in a wooded area