Natural Disasters

3. a type of storm in which powerful rotating winds form a column, which reaches from a cloud down toward the ground
5. a large ocean wave usually caused by an underwater earthquake or a volcanic explosion
6. a powerful snowstorm
8. when two large pieces of the Earth's crust suddenly slip, it causes shock waves to shake the surface of the Earth
10. a large rotating storm with high speed winds that forms over warm waters in tropical areas

1. a general term which includes forest fires, grassland fires, bushfires, brush fires and any other vegetation fire in countryside areas
2. an overflow of water on land which is caused when a river receives too much extra water, either from heavy rain or other natural disasters
4. a powerful electrical discharge made during a thunderstorm
7. a large amount of snow that quickly moves down a slope
9. a continuous period of dry weather, when an area gets less than its normal amount of rain, over months or even years.