NATURAL DISASTERS

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Across
  1. 2. a high-water event in which water overflows
  2. 4. a sudden violent shaking of the ground, typically causing great destruction
  3. 7. occurs when magma is released from a volcano
  4. 8. a large amount of ice, snow, and rock falling quickly down the side of a mountain
  5. 9. a period of time when an area or region experiences below-normal precipitation
Down
  1. 1. a severe snowstorm with high winds
  2. 3. a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean
  3. 5. a violently rotating column of air touching the ground, usually attached to the base of a thunderstorm
  4. 6. a natural electrical discharge of very short duration and high voltage