Natural Disasters Around the World

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Across
  1. 2. An overflow of water that drowns land that is usually dry.
  2. 5. A severe snowstorm that brings low temperatures
  3. 8. A destructive vortex of violently rotating winds
  4. 11. A long, high sea wave caused by an earthquake or other disturbance
  5. 13. A region of small islands surrounded by the Caribbean Sea
  6. 14. A non-manmade event causing damage to lives and property.
  7. 16. An intense shaking of the Earth’s surface.
Down
  1. 1. When gas and or lava are released from a volcano.
  2. 3. A fire that is uncontrolled and burns in a forest.
  3. 4. A long period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.
  4. 6. A lot of small balls of ice fall like rain to the earth.
  5. 7. A storm with a violent wind, in the Caribbean.
  6. 9. A large amount of earth, rock and other, material moving down a slope.
  7. 10. A very long period of abnormally hot weather.
  8. 12. A high amount of wind occurring in sandy areas
  9. 15. A large amount of snow quickly moving down a slope.