Natural Disasters

2. a large, destructive fire that spreads quickly over woodland or brush
3. a harbor where ships load or unload
5. a broad inlet of the sea where the land curves inward
11. a building used for public Christian worship
13. forms a cloud during explosive volcanic eruptions
14. a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds beneath a large storm system
16. a large amount of water over what is normally dry land
17. a person that lives in or occupies a place
19. a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common
20. a large tropical cyclone, also called a typhoon
21. become active and eject lava, ash, and gases
23. remove (someone) from a place of danger to a safe place
24. a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall; a shortage of water resulting from this
26. a structure with a roof and walls, such as a house, school, store, or factory
27. hot molten rock erupted from a volcano

1. a heading at the top of an article or page in a newspaper or magazine
4. happen; take place
6. a mass of snow, ice, and rocks falling rapidly down a mountainside
7. a natural electrical discharge of very short duration and high voltage between a cloud and the ground or within a cloud, accompanied by a bright flash and typically also thunder
8. 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
9. an object or feature of a landscape or town that is easily recognized
10. a wide view of a natural place
12. tiny particles of earth or waste matter
15. a mountain or hill with a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas erupt from the earth's crust
18. a severe snowstorm with high winds and low visibility
22. a mass of mud and other earthy material that has fallen down a hillside
25. a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance