Natural disasters crossword

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Across
  1. 4. Physical harm that impairs the value, usefulness, or normal function of something.
  2. 5. A cultivated plant that is grown on a large scale commercially.
  3. 8. A storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean.
  4. 10. Left without the means to move from somewhere.
  5. 12. The presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance which has harmful or poisonous effects.
  6. 13. Prevent (someone) from escaping from a place.
  7. 16. Impossible to travel along or over.
  8. 17. The action of clearing a wide area of trees.
  9. 19. A substance used for destroying insects or other organisms harmful to cultivated plants or to animals.
  10. 22. A mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapour, and gas are or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
  11. 23. A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.
  12. 25. A mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system.
Down
  1. 1. A building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine.
  2. 2. Save (someone) from a dangerous or difficult situation.
  3. 3. A waterless, desolate area of land with little or no vegetation.
  4. 6. Convert (waste) into reusable material.
  5. 7. A person who is concerned about protecting the environment.
  6. 9. A sudden violent shaking of the ground, typically causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.
  7. 11. The emission of energy as electromagnetic waves or as moving subatomic particles.
  8. 14. Keep safe from harm or injury.
  9. 15. Pieces of rough or undressed stone used in building walls.
  10. 18. An overflow of a large amount of water beyond its normal limits.
  11. 20. The production and discharge of something, especially gas or radiation.
  12. 21. Remove (someone) from a place of danger to a safer place.
  13. 24. A material, substance, or by-product) eliminated or discarded as no longer useful or required after the completion of a process.