Natural Hazards in Australia

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Across
  1. 8. an extreme event that is the result of natural processes and causes serious material damage or loss of life
  2. 11. a surface where a cool air mass meets a warmer mass,into whic it is advancing
  3. 14. a period of well above average rainfall in eastern Australia that often brings floods
  4. 15. a prolonged period of below average precipitation
Down
  1. 1. plants found in low rainfall areas; their leathery leaves help reduce water loss
  2. 2. shaking of the ground that is generated by disturbances in the Earth's crust
  3. 3. something burning out of control in the open
  4. 4. used to measure the energy of earthquakes
  5. 5. part of a river valley covered by water during floods
  6. 6. the edge of a fire that spreads fastest
  7. 7. the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  8. 9. a storm associated with lightning and thunder, occurring with cumilonimbus clouds
  9. 10. a prolonged period of very hot weather
  10. 12. aerially burning fuel that blows ahead of a fire front
  11. 13. the loose material brought down by a river and deposited on its bed, flood plain or delta