HAZARDS DEFINITIONS

1. Rapid rise in sea level in which water is piled up against a coastline to a level far in excess of the normal conditions at high tide (5, 5)
5. Way in which an individual or a group views the threat of a hazard event (10)
6. Giant sea waves generated by shallow focus underwater earthquakes, violent volcanic eruptions, underwater debris slides and landslides into the sea (7)

2. Assessment of the size of the impact of a hazard event (9)
3. Strategy designed to reduce or eliminate risks to people and property from natural hazards (10)
4. Also known as nuees ardentes formed from a mixtire of hot gas and tephra (11, 5)
5. Ability to give warnings so that action can be taken to reduce the impact of hazard events (10)
7. When the pressure built up in the crust is released (10)
8. The distribution of a hazard through time (9)
9. View of hazard suggesting people cannot influence or shape the outcome, therefore nothing can be done to mitigate against it (8)

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