Natural Disasters

1. a great flowing or overflowing of water, especially over land not usually submerged.
4. storm with a violent wind.
5. an air mass of high temperature covering an extended area and moving relatively slowly.
9. a series of vibrations induced in the earth's crust.
11. a storm with hail.
12. any large fire that spreads rapidly and is hard to extinguish.

2. a period of dry weather, especially a long one that is injurious to crops.
3. a large mass of snow, ice, etc., detached from a mountain slope and sliding or falling suddenly downward.
6. an unusually large sea wave produced by a sea quake or undersea volcanic eruption.
7. a localized, violently destructive windstorm.
8. the downward falling or sliding of a mass of soil, detritus, or rock on or from a steep slope.
10. a mountain or hill, usually having a cup like crater at the summit, formed around such a vent from the ash and lava expelled through it.