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2. a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.
5. severe snowstorm characterized by strong sustained winds
7. is the perceptible shaking of the surface of the Earth, resulting from the sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves
10. overflow of water that submerges land
11. a form of mass wasting involving "extremely rapid surging flow" of debris

1. a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain.
3. a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake
4. a widespread scarcity of food, caused by several factors.
6. is a large scale air mass that rotates around a strong center of low pressure
8. a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with surface of earth and a cumulonimbus cloud
9. is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.