Climate Change and Extreme Weather

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  1. 2. Climate change is making this type of weather worse
  2. 4. The cause of most of the deaths in Texas
  3. 5. Extreme climate disasters have cost the U.S. almost 3 _____ since 1980
  4. 8. A moving vortex of violent winds, shaped like a funnel
  5. 10. A prolonged period of low rainfall
  6. 11. Extreme weather events are becoming more intense and
  7. 12. When people are forced to leave their homes
  8. 15. A large destructive fire over woodland or brush
  9. 16. These types of storms caused Texas's power grid to fail
Down
  1. 1. Buildups of dry quantities of this make wildfires worse
  2. 3. Term for rain, snow, or hail
  3. 6. A storm with violent winds, in particular a tropical cyclone from the Caribbean
  4. 7. (Human-induced) climate change
  5. 9. 2024 was the _____ costliest year on record
  6. 13. The Texas power crisis was the most what disaster in their history
  7. 14. An overflow of water beyond its normal limits