Natural Disasters

2. An electrical discharge caused by imbalances between storm clouds and the ground, or within the clouds themselves.
4. A form of solid precipitation, distinct from ice pellets.
6. A large, destructive fire that spreads quickly over woodland or brush.
7. An event of prolonged shortages in the water supply, whether atmospheric, surface water or ground water.
12. Several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, deep-seated slope failures, mudflows, and debris flows.
14. storm: A type of winter storm characterized by freezing rain, also known as a glaze event or a silver thaw.
16. An overflowing of water onto land that is normally dry.
18. A kind of thunderstorm with snow falling as the primary precipitation instead of rain
19. Dangerous winter storms that are a combination of blowing snow and wind resulting in very low visibilities.

1. A violently rotating column of air touching the ground, usually attached to the base of a thunderstorm.
3. A tropical storm with winds that have reached a constant speed of 74 miles per hour or more.
5. A sudden slip on a fault, and the resulting ground shaking and radiated seismic energy caused by the slip, or by volcanic or magmatic activity, or other sudden stress changes in the earth.
8. A storm with thunder and lightning and typically also heavy rain or hail.
9. A visible aerosol consisting of tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air
10. A period of excessively hot weather, which may be accompanied by high humidity.
11. winds: A very strong wind
13. cyclone: A rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and/or squalls.
15. A storm where precipitation falls as snow
17. storm: A meteorological phenomenon that arises when a gust front or other strong wind blows loose sand and dirt from a dry surface.
18. A series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake.