Natural Hazards_2022

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Across
  1. 2. a long period when there is little or no rain
  2. 6. a large amount of ice, snow, and rock falling quickly down the side of a mountain
  3. 7. an occasion when a volcano explodes, and flames and rocks come out of it
  4. 11. a mass of rock and earth moving suddenly and quickly down a steep slope
  5. 12. a severe snow storm with strong winds
  6. 13. a sudden event that causes very great trouble or destruction
Down
  1. 1. the number of times something happens within a particular period, or the fact of something happening often or a large number or times
  2. 3. a storm with thunder and lightning and usually heavy rain
  3. 4. the assumption that the same natural laws and processes that operate in our present-day scientific observations have always operated in the universe in the past and apply everywhere in the universe
  4. 5. a sudden violent movement of the earth's surface, sometimes causing great damage
  5. 8. small, hard balls of ice that fall from the sky like rain
  6. 9. a fire that is burning strongly and out of control on an area of grass or bushes in the countryside
  7. 10. to cause to fill or become covered with water, especially in a way that causes problems
  8. 14. an extremely large wave caused by a violent movement of the earth under the sea