NATURAL DISASTERS OF THE CANADIAN WILDERNESS
Across
- 3. a severe snowstorm with high winds and low visibility.
- 4. the state or fact of continuing to live or exist, typically in spite of an accident, ordeal, or difficult circumstances.
- 6. a place giving temporary protection from bad weather or danger.
- 8. a stock or supply of money, materials, staff, and other assets that can be drawn on by a person or organization in order to function effectively.
- 9. an overflowing of a large amount of water beyond its normal confines, especially over what is normally dry land.
Down
- 1. a large, destructive fire that spreads quickly over woodland or brush.
- 2. a small axe with a short handle for use in one hand.
- 5. a violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow.
- 7. a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system
- 9. injury to body tissues caused by exposure to extreme cold, typically affecting the nose, fingers, or toes and sometimes resulting in gangrene.