NATURAL HAZARDS
Across
- 2. an uncontrolled fire in the trees and bushes of scrubland.(8 LETTERS)
- 4. the condition of being destroyed (demolition, annihilation).(11 LETTERS)
- 5. a great flowing or overflowing of water, especially over land that is not usually submerged.(5 LETTERS)
- 6. the rapid downward movement of a large quantity of saturated earth.(8 LETTERS)
- 8. a sudden, urgent, usually unexpected occurrence or occasion requiring immediate action.(9 LETTERS)
Down
- 1. to remove persons or things from a dangerous place or disaster area for reasons of safety or protection.(8 LETTERS)
- 3. a series of vibrations induced in the Earth's crust by the abrupt rupture and rebound of rocks in which elastic strain has been slowly accumulating.(11 LETTERS)
- 4. a period of dry weather, especially a long one that is bad for crops.(7 LETTERS)
- 7. in grave ------ (6 LETTERS)
- 9. a large-scale, atmospheric wind and pressure system characterized by a low pressure at it's centre and by circular wind motion, it turns counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.(7 LETTERS)