HAZARDS DEFINITIONS

1. Ability to give warnings so that action can be taken to reduce the impact of hazard events (10)
4. Formed by volcanic ash mixing with water and flowing downhill (6)
5. Also known as nuees ardentes formed from a mixtire of hot gas and tephra (11, 5)
6. Giant sea waves generated by shallow focus underwater earthquakes, violent volcanic eruptions, underwater debris slides and landslides into the sea (7)
8. Solid matter ejected by a volcano into the air (6)

2. Sustained ability of individuals or communities to be able to utilise available resources to respond to, withstand and recover from the effects of natural hazard events (10)
3. Attempts by people or communities to live with hazard events by adjusting their living conditions (8)
7. Molten rock flowing onto the surface (4)
9. Chemicals sprayed on to fires in order to slow them down (10)
10. 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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