Natural Disasters

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Across
  1. 4. The sound that follows a flash of lightning (7)
  2. 5. A large amount of water covering an area of land that is usually dry (5)
  3. 9. Like a cloud but quite close to the ground (3)
  4. 10. A long period of unusually hot weather (8)
  5. 12. A terrible event in nature that results in death and destruction (15)
  6. 15. A shaking of the Earth's surface that causes great damage (10)
  7. 16. A large destructive storm with powerful spinning winds (9)
  8. 17. A severe snowstorm that lasts a long time (8)
  9. 18. When many people do not have enough to eat (6)
Down
  1. 1. A long period of time with little or no rain (7)
  2. 2. A violent and destructive storm in which powerful winds move around a central point (7)
  3. 3. A large mass of mud that slides down a mountain (8)
  4. 6. The flashes of light in the sky during a storm (9)
  5. 7. Snow or rocks or earth sliding down a mountain (9)
  6. 8. A large, destructive wave caused by an underwater earthquake (7)
  7. 11. A smaller earthquake that occurs after the first, main one (10)
  8. 13. Heavy rain, strong winds, thunder and lightning (5)
  9. 14. A measurement of how hot or cold something is (11)