Across
- 2. a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.
- 4. a large, destructive fire that spreads quickly over woodland or brush.
- 8. a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
- 9. a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system.
- 10. Extremely unfortunate or unsuccessful.
Down
- 1. a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean.
- 3. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.
- 5. an overflowing of a large amount of water beyond its normal confines, especially over what is normally dry land.
- 6. a thing that happens, especially one of importance.
- 7. hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling.