Meteorological Hazards Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• storm surge: a coastal flood or tsunami-like phenomenon of rising water commonly associated with low-pressure weather systems, such as cyclones.
• thunderstorm: a violent short-lived weather disturbance that is almost always associated with lightning, thunder, dense clouds, heavy rain or hail, and strong gusty winds.
• landfall: the first land that is reached or seen at the end of a trip across the ocean or through the air, or the fact of arriving there.
• flash floods: a rapid flooding of low-lying areas: washes, rivers, dry lakes and depressions.
• cyclone: a system of winds rotating inward to an area of low atmospheric pressure, with a counterclockwise (northern hemisphere) or clockwise (southern hemisphere) circulation; a depression.
• typhoon: a tropical storm in the region of the indian or western pacific oceans.
• pagasa: the agency responsible for assessing and forecasting weather, flood, and other conditions essential to the safety and welfare of the people.
• satellite: an object intentionally placed into orbit in outer space.
• damage: harm caused to something in such a way as to impair its value, usefulness, or normal function.
• tornado: a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud.