When Nature is in Charge

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Across
  1. 4. variation in wind velocity occurring along a direction at right angles to the wind's direction and tending to exert a turning force
  2. 5. rigorous in restraint, punishment, or requirement
  3. 7. having the power to make recommendations but not to take action enforcing them
  4. 8. predict or estimate
  5. 9. a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common
  6. 11. the time during which something continues
  7. 13. a system producing severe thunderstorms and featuring rotating winds sustained by a prolonged updraft that may result in hail or tornadoes
  8. 14. moving people from a dangerous place to somewhere safe
  9. 16. risky; dangerous
  10. 19. A method of detecting distant objects
  11. 21. only in part; to a limited extent
  12. 22. left without the means to move from somewhere
  13. 23. a sudden local flood, typically due to heavy rain
  14. 25. able to be stored for a long time before being eaten or used
  15. 26. save (someone) from a dangerous or distressing situation
Down
  1. 1. appoint (someone) to a specified position
  2. 2. Federal Emergency Management Agency
  3. 3. the state of something with regard to its appearance, quality, or working order
  4. 6. need for a particular purpose
  5. 10. belonging to the same family, group, or type; connected
  6. 12. a cyclonic air mass associated with a supercell; its presence is a condition for a tornado warning
  7. 15. upward current of air
  8. 17. a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim
  9. 18. an instrument measuring atmospheric pressure
  10. 20. able to be used or obtained
  11. 24. a tube or pipe that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom