A ________ is a period of time when an area or region experiences the lack of water in streams, rivers, lakes, and groundwater.
DROUGHT
An ________ is the shaking of the surface of the Earth.
EARTHQUAKE
A ________ is a type of storm called a tropical cyclone, which forms over tropical or subtropical waters.
HURRICANE
A ________ is the sliding down of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff.
LANDSLIDE
A ________ is a vertical funnel of rapidly spinning air, which can destroy large buildings, uproot trees and hurl vehicles hundreds of yards.
TORNADO
A ________ is a series of fast-moving waves in the ocean caused by powerful earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or landslides...
TIDAL WAVE/TSUNAMI
A ________ _________ occurs when hot materials such as lava, dust, rocks, and gas are thrown out of a volcano.
VOLCANIC ERUPTION
There was a terrible ________ in Australia. Many animals died.
WILDFIRE
________ is an extreme and general scarcity of food, as in a country or a large geographical area, which causes hunger and malnutrition.
FAMINE
A ________ is a great overflowing of water, especially over land not usually submerged, usually caused by heavy rains.
FLOOD
A ________ is a loud, explosive, resounding noise produced by the explosive expansion of air heated by a lightning discharge.
THUNDER
A ________ is a brilliant electric spark discharge in the atmosphere, occurring within a thundercloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the ground, usually during storms.
LIGHTENING
To ________ is to rain heavily.
POUR
________ is showery precipitation in the form of irregular pellets or balls of ice.
HAIL
________ is a very strong wind.
GALE
To ________ is to rain gently and steadily in fine drops; sprinkle:
DRIZZLE
