Across
- 2. An overflow of water that drowns land that is usually dry.
- 5. A severe snowstorm that brings low temperatures
- 8. A destructive vortex of violently rotating winds
- 11. A long, high sea wave caused by an earthquake or other disturbance
- 13. A region of small islands surrounded by the Caribbean Sea
- 14. A non-manmade event causing damage to lives and property.
- 16. An intense shaking of the Earth’s surface.
Down
- 1. When gas and or lava are released from a volcano.
- 3. A fire that is uncontrolled and burns in a forest.
- 4. A long period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.
- 6. A lot of small balls of ice fall like rain to the earth.
- 7. A storm with a violent wind, in the Caribbean.
- 9. A large amount of earth, rock and other, material moving down a slope.
- 10. A very long period of abnormally hot weather.
- 12. A high amount of wind occurring in sandy areas
- 15. A large amount of snow quickly moving down a slope.