Natural Disasters Review

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Across
  1. 2. Area on Earth's surface above the focus of an earthquake (or where it starts)
  2. 5. Issued when a tornado has touched down somewhere near you
  3. 8. The scale that measures the strength of hurricanes in categories
  4. 9. center of a hurricane that often produces calm weather in the middle of a hurricane
  5. 10. An uncontrollable fire
  6. 13. Issued when tropical storm conditions will hit the coast in 24 hours
  7. 14. must be 80 degrees or warmer for a hurricane to develop
  8. 15. Violently rotating column of air that extends out from a thunderstorm
  9. 17. Issued when tropical storm conditions may hit coastal areas in 36 hours or less
  10. 18. The strength of an earthquake
  11. 19. Violent shaking of the Earth's surface
Down
  1. 1. Sudden rushing of water onshore during a hurricane
  2. 3. Areas in the United States where tornadoes occur frequently
  3. 4. A cyclonic storm that forms over warm ocean water
  4. 6. A wave that can be triggered by an earthquake or a volcanic eruption
  5. 7. The scale that measures the magnitude of an earthquake
  6. 9. Scale used to determine the strength of tornadoes
  7. 11. Depressions or holes in the ground caused by eroding limestone
  8. 12. bedrock under Florida's surface that erodes easily
  9. 16. Issued when it is possible for a tornado to happen