Natural Disasters and Weather Phenomena
Across
- 2. When there is heavy rainfall and it gets out of control because water accumulates
- 4. A famous Hurricane that struck New Orleans in 2005
- 5. It can cause an eruption
- 9. When there has not been any rain for a long time
- 10. A cold storm with a lot of wind and some snow, normally in the coldest parts in the world
- 12. A disaster that shakes the Earth
- 13. A storm in shape of a spiral that is similar to a cyclone
- 15. A storm simillar to a blizzard but more snow is involved
- 16. Name of a very rapid accumulation of water
- 18. Name of a famous bushfire in Victoria, Australia on the 7-8 Feb 2009
- 21. A storm with strong wind, heavy rain, thunder...
- 22. Another name for a Tsunami
- 23. A collapse of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff
- 24. A long, high sea wave caused by an earthquake or other disturbance
- 25. A large mass of wet earth that suddenly and quickly moves down the side of a mountain or hill
Down
- 1. A mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system
- 3. A storm that normally happens in the desert
- 6. It is hot and red
- 7. A scale used to measure the magnitude of Earthquakes
- 8. You can surf on it
- 11. Plates that shift underneath the Earths surface to cause an Earthquake
- 14. A whirling storm caused by the wind, normally over the warm oceans
- 17. A bright flash of light in the sky
- 19. A large mass of snow falling rapidly down a mountain
- 20. A fire that happens in nature areas