Across
- 3. Giant, spiraling tropical storms that can pack wind speeds of over 160 miles (257 kilometers) an hour and unleash more than 2.4 trillion gallons (9 trillion liters) of rain a day
- 5. Cyclone A low-pressure system which develops in the tropics and is sufficiently intense to produce sustained gale force winds of at least 63km/h
- 8. A violently rotating column of air that extends from a thunderstorm to the ground
- 9. Small slides of dry powdery snow that move as a formless mass
- 11. A series of ocean waves that sends surges of water, sometimes reaching heights of over 100 feet (30.5 meters), onto land. These walls of water can cause widespread destruction when they crash ashore.
Down
- 1. Water overflows or inundates land that's normally dry
- 2. Prolonged, abnormally dry period when the amount of available water is insufficient to meet our normal use
- 4. Also called temblors, can be so tremendously destructive
- 6. Uncontrolled blazes fueled by weather, wind, and dry underbrush
- 7. manifestations of the fiery power contained deep within the Earth. These formations are essentially vents on the Earth's surface where molten rock, debris, and gases from the planet's interior are emitted
- 10. Disaster