Across
- 3. extreme scarcity of food
- 4. a mass of snow, ice, and rocks falling rapidly down a mountainside
- 5. a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water
- 7. a tropical storm with winds that have reached a constant speed of 74 miles per hour or more
- 8. an overflow of water (or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry
- 9. A violently rotating column of air touching the ground, usually attached to the base of a thunderstorm
Down
- 1. a giant wave of water
- 2. a weak to violent shaking of the ground produced by the sudden movement of rock materials below the earth's surface
- 6. an unplanned fire that burns in a natural area such as a forest, grassland, or prairie