Natural Hazards & Disasters

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Across
  1. 6. The name of the Hurricane which devastated New Orleans in 2005
  2. 7. What occurs when tectonic plates move away from each other
  3. 11. Floods occurring in under 24hrs
  4. 12. The part of a bushfire not moving quite as fast as the front line.
  5. 14. the centre of a cyclone
  6. 15. A safety measure created to stop the spread of bushfires
  7. 16. High Pressure Systems create __________ weather
  8. 17. The method of measuring earthquakes
  9. 21. The built up energy resulting in an earthquake
  10. 23. The flow of hot volcanic ash and rock
  11. 24. The name of the current which creates El Nino & La Nina effects
Down
  1. 1. Molten rock within the Earth
  2. 2. Able to burn
  3. 3. An example of a biological hazard
  4. 4. The semi-molten layer below the crust of the Earth
  5. 5. A type of fire which spread through tree tops
  6. 8. Tectonic plates moving towards each other
  7. 9. The name given to cyclones in Asia
  8. 10. Lines joining areas of equal pressure
  9. 13. The name given to the 2009 Victorian bushfires
  10. 18. Is Spanish for little boy
  11. 19. The Earth’s outer layer
  12. 20. An enlarged ring of water found on the outskirts of a cyclone
  13. 22. The number of categories of cyclones