natural hazards

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Across
  1. 3. pellets of frozen rain which fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds
  2. 6. to change from liquid into vapour
  3. 7. the kind of weather experienced by a place over a long period
  4. 8. a severe snowstorm with high winds.
  5. 10. vapour, water in the form of gas
  6. 12. the layer of gases surrounding Earth
  7. 13. a tropical storm over the north Atlantic ocean, the Caribbean sea, the Gulf of Mexico, or the Northeast Pacific Ocean
  8. 16. a storm with thunder and lightning and typically also heavy rain or hail.
  9. 17. a series of waves caused by earthquakes or undersea volcanic eruptions
  10. 19. the process where water vapour becomes liquid
Down
  1. 1. a fire in scrub or a forest, especially one that spreads rapidly
  2. 2. an overflow of water that covers land that is usually dry
  3. 3. the amount of moisture in the air
  4. 4. pressure, the downward force caused by the weight of the air pressing on the surface of Earth
  5. 5. an instrument for measuring temperature
  6. 9. a loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash due to the expansion of rapidly heated air.
  7. 11. a mass of snow, ice, and rocks falling rapidly down a mountainside
  8. 14. a long period of unusually dry weather
  9. 15. the state of the atmosphere at a particular place and time as regards heat, cloudiness, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain
  10. 18. the branch of science concerned with the processes and phenomena of the atmosphere, especially as a means of forecasting the weather