Across
- 5. a heavy fall of snow, especially with a high wind.
- 7. the occurrence of 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. an overflowing of a large amount of water beyond its normal confines, especially over what is normally dry land.
- 11. a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean.
- 12. a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the ground.
- 13. water or other liquid diffused in a small quantity as vapor, within a solid, or condensed on a surface.
Down
- 1. a storm with thunder and lightning and typically also heavy rain or hail.
- 2. pellets of frozen rain which fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds
- 3. a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.
- 4. a loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash due to the expansion of rapidly heated air.
- 5. atmospheric water vapor frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground as a white layer.
- 6. a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system.
- 9. a large, destructive fire that spreads quickly over woodland or brush
- 10. a strong wind carrying clouds of sand with it, especially in a desert.
- 14. when moister in the atmosphere comes to earth it creates