Natural Disasters

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Across
  1. 2. Yesterday a terrible .......... hit the rural area.
  2. 5. The city was devastated as the .......... hit.
  3. 7. During World War I, 40,000 to 80,000 soldiers died as a result of .......... during the mountain campaign in the Alps.
  4. 8. .......... can be caused by unusually heavy rains or a sudden thaw.
Down
  1. 1. An awful .......... struck New York city.
  2. 3. Families rushed away after the .......... erupted.
  3. 4. Hundreds of houses were destroyed when the .......... shook the city.
  4. 6. In 2011, a .......... occured near Fukushima (Japan) and spread through the Pacific.