Across
- 5. results of prolonged heavy rain, rapid winter snow thaws or sudden, heavy downpours
- 6. a prolonged period of below-average rainfall in an area and can be said to exist when the supply of water is insufficient to meet a specified demand.
- 8. centre of a storm
- 10. ________ Impacts is the loss of life and the stress placed on people
- 11. _______ waves travel outwards in all directions from the focus
- 12. Earthquakes that have an epicentre on the sea or ocean floor sometimes trigger off giant waves or _______
- 13. Where the earthquake is felt first
- 14. community-based emergency service.
- 16. Seismic waves are recorded on this instrument
- 18. _______ impacts is the destruction of property, crops and livestock, infrastructure, and plant and equipment.
- 19. source of the fire
Down
- 1. Flooding that occurs with little or no warning
- 2. material that can burn
- 3. Severe ______ a local disturbance in the atmosphere and are accompanied by thunder, lightning, rain, snow or hail.
- 4. ____ wave is a period of abnormally hot and usually humid weather.
- 6. When natural hazards affect people they are termed natural _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
- 7. Tropical _________ are intense low-pressure systems that form over warm tropical waters.
- 9. movement of rock strata deep within the earth’s crust
- 13. _______ Impacts is the destruction of natural and human environments
- 15. Australian term referring to any fire burning out of control
- 16. S________ll is a fast burning plant, often fuel for a fire.
- 17. The ______ scale measures the amount of energy released by the earthquake