Natural Disasters

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Hot flames that burn (4)
  2. 3. A shortage of rainfall (7)
  3. 6. Mountain that erupts with lava (plural) (8)
  4. 7. A storm resulting from strong rising air currents (12)
  5. 10. A storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds (9)
  6. 12. A slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff (9)

Down

  1. 1. The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land (5)
  2. 2. Condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind (7)
  3. 4. A windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand (9)
  4. 5. A cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption (7)
  5. 8. Shaking and vibration at the surface of the ___ resulting from underground movement along a fault (10)
  6. 9. Spinning funnel of wind that touches the ground (7)
  7. 11. A violent rotating windstorm (7)