Across
- 2. Overflow of water that submerges land that is usually dry
- 3. Hazard Occurs when temperatures drop below freezing damaging crops
- 5. Sudden flow of snow down a mountain slope
- 6. Extended period of unusually high temperatures
- 8. Powerful rotating storm common in the South Pacific region
- 11. Small rotating column of air also known as a dust devil
- 14. Volcanic mudflow caused by melted snow and debris
- 15. Soil behaving like a liquid during an earthquake, seen in Christchurch
- 17. Release of lava, ash, and gases from a volcano
- 19. Storm producing balls of ice that fall from the sky
- 20. Sudden shaking of the ground caused by movement of tectonic plates
- 23. Area known for geothermal activity and volcanic hazards
- 24. Prolonged period of very low rainfall causing water shortages
Down
- 1. Smaller earthquake that follows a larger one
- 4. Site of the 1953 lahar disaster
- 7. Opening in the Earth’s crust that erupts lava, ash, and gases
- 9. Rapid movement of rock, earth, or debris down a slope
- 10. Surge Rise in sea level during a storm causing coastal flooding
- 11. Series of large ocean waves often triggered by underwater earthquakes
- 12. Crack in the Earth’s crust where movement occurs
- 13. Uncontrolled fire spreading rapidly through vegetation
- 16. Location of the 2016 New Zealand earthquake
- 18. Major fault line running through the South Island
- 21. Breaking of the Earth’s surface during an earthquake
- 22. Active volcano in the central North Island