Across
- 2. a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
- 6. rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center
- 7. a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
- 8. a shortage of rainfall
- 9. shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
Down
- 1. a storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds
- 3. a storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning
- 4. an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)
- 5. a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
- 7. a cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption
- 9. the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down flood the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land