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fire
Hot flames that burn
cyclone
A violent rotating windstorm
flood
The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
dead
People who are no longer living
ash wednesday
The 7th ___ before Easter
twister
A localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by
wind
Moving air
hail
Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
landslide
A slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
disasters
An event resulting in great loss and misfortune (plural)
destroy
To do away with, cause the ___ or undoing of
rain
Water falling from clouds
newcastle
A port city in northeastern England on the River Tyne
volcano
Mountain that erupts with lava
lava
Rock that in its molten form issues from volcanos
homeless
Poor people who unfortunately do not have a home to live in

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