SEVERE Weather Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. prolonged period of abnormally hot weather.
  2. 3. winds blowing at 40 mph or higher.
  3. 6. an overflowing of water, everywhere.
  4. 7. a large chunk of snow, ice, and rocks falling down a mountainside.
  5. 11. a severe snowstorm with very high winds.
  6. 16. a strong wind that carries clouds of fine dust.
  7. 18. the underground smouldering of a coal deposit.
  8. 19. a gale.
  9. 20. a large destructive fire that spreads through woods and brush.
  10. 21. porlonged period of abnormally low rainfall.
  11. 23. a storm of freezing rain that leaves a coating of ice.
Down
  1. 1. a section of calm weather within a hurricane.
  2. 2. often called a tropical storm or cyclone.
  3. 4. a vortex of violently rotating winds.
  4. 5. the sliding of rock and earth masses down a mountainside.
  5. 6. cloud that touches the ground.
  6. 8. that circles the North Pole almost year round.
  7. 9. a storm with mostly hail.
  8. 10. heavy rain with lightning, thunder, and sometimes hail.
  9. 12. lava and gases explode from inside the earth through a volcano.
  10. 13. movement of tectonic plates.
  11. 14. a period of cold weather over a wide area.
  12. 15. seasonal prevailing wind in Southeast Asia.
  13. 17. natural electrical discharge between a cloud and the ground during a thunderstorm.
  14. 22. a huge sea wave caused by an earthquake under the ocean.