Across
- 2. prolonged period of abnormally hot weather.
- 3. winds blowing at 40 mph or higher.
- 6. an overflowing of water, everywhere.
- 7. a large chunk of snow, ice, and rocks falling down a mountainside.
- 11. a severe snowstorm with very high winds.
- 16. a strong wind that carries clouds of fine dust.
- 18. the underground smouldering of a coal deposit.
- 19. a gale.
- 20. a large destructive fire that spreads through woods and brush.
- 21. porlonged period of abnormally low rainfall.
- 23. a storm of freezing rain that leaves a coating of ice.
Down
- 1. a section of calm weather within a hurricane.
- 2. often called a tropical storm or cyclone.
- 4. a vortex of violently rotating winds.
- 5. the sliding of rock and earth masses down a mountainside.
- 6. cloud that touches the ground.
- 8. that circles the North Pole almost year round.
- 9. a storm with mostly hail.
- 10. heavy rain with lightning, thunder, and sometimes hail.
- 12. lava and gases explode from inside the earth through a volcano.
- 13. movement of tectonic plates.
- 14. a period of cold weather over a wide area.
- 15. seasonal prevailing wind in Southeast Asia.
- 17. natural electrical discharge between a cloud and the ground during a thunderstorm.
- 22. a huge sea wave caused by an earthquake under the ocean.