Natural Hazards (Group A 1) George O'Connell

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Across
  1. 5. results of prolonged heavy rain, rapid winter snow thaws or sudden, heavy downpours
  2. 6. a prolonged period of below-average rainfall in an area and can be said to exist when the supply of water is insufficient to meet a specified demand.
  3. 8. centre of a storm
  4. 10. ________ Impacts is the loss of life and the stress placed on people
  5. 11. _______ waves travel outwards in all directions from the focus
  6. 12. Earthquakes that have an epicentre on the sea or ocean floor sometimes trigger off giant waves or _______
  7. 13. Where the earthquake is felt first
  8. 14. community-based emergency service.
  9. 16. Seismic waves are recorded on this instrument
  10. 18. _______ impacts is the destruction of property, crops and livestock, infrastructure, and plant and equipment.
  11. 19. source of the fire
Down
  1. 1. Flooding that occurs with little or no warning
  2. 2. material that can burn
  3. 3. Severe ______ a local disturbance in the atmosphere and are accompanied by thunder, lightning, rain, snow or hail.
  4. 4. ____ wave is a period of abnormally hot and usually humid weather.
  5. 6. When natural hazards affect people they are termed natural _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
  6. 7. Tropical _________ are intense low-pressure systems that form over warm tropical waters.
  7. 9. movement of rock strata deep within the earth’s crust
  8. 13. _______ Impacts is the destruction of natural and human environments
  9. 15. Australian term referring to any fire burning out of control
  10. 16. S________ll is a fast burning plant, often fuel for a fire.
  11. 17. The ______ scale measures the amount of energy released by the earthquake