Across
- 2. a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.
- 4. a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system.
- 6. eruption when gas and/or lava are released from a volcano—sometimes explosively
- 7. quake a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.
Down
- 1. an overflowing of a large amount of water beyond its normal confines, especially over what is normally dry land.
- 3. a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean.
- 4. a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance.
- 5. fire a large, destructive fire that spreads quickly over woodland or brush.