Danger! Danger!
National Weather Service danger signs of this impending phenomenon include a dark, often greenish sky & a roaring noise
Tornado
This president made a secret deal to take U.S. nukes out of Turkey, helping end the Cuban Missile Crisis
John F. Kennedy
The largest avian ever, the elephant bird of this island nation off the east coast of Africa could reach 10 feet high & 1,000 pounds
Madagascar
The online world (10 letters)
Cyberspace
Is home to the New York Stock Exchange
Manhattan
Waves can create a current moving away from the shore, properly called this type of current & much stronger than an undertow
riptide
DD: Unearthed decades later a 1950 letter indicates happiness by Joseph Stalin that the U.S. was entangled in this war
The Korean War
The great auk was a flightless & sadly fearless bird that lived on the Faroes & other islands in the northern part of this ocean
The Atlantic Ocean
Solid, like a certain building material (8 letters)
Concrete
Is the most populous of the 5 boroughs
Brooklyn
You can sleep all night & work all day, but Time magazine listed this outdoor job as the USA's most dangerous
lumberjack
In this year the U.S. & others boycotted the Moscow Olympics to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
1980
Cygnus falconeri was a 35-pound one of these birds that lived in Malta
Swan
final disposition of a dead body through burning (9 letters)
Cremation
Is where you can see the Unisphere in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, built for the 1964 World's Fair
Queens
This U.S. government department issues regular travel advisories on the level of danger in countries to which you might journey
United States Department of State
The Stasi were a secret police force of this country that spied on its citizens & encouraged them to spy on each other
East Germany
Humans brought an end to the Caribbean monk species of these flippered mammals that we often think of in colder climates
Seals
Jesus' crucifixion site (7 letters)
cavalry
Is 14 miles long & has only about 5% of New York City's population
Staten Island
Eating certain fish can be dangerous for pregnant women due to this heavy metal; the FDA calls out king mackerel & swordfish
Mercury
Abbreviated M.A.D., this theory deterred the use of nuclear weapons by suggesting there would be no winners
Mutually Assured Destruction
DD: Extinct in the wild today, the Barbary lion is famous for its activity in this Roman structure completed in 80 A.D.
The Colosseum
Partner of "whole kit" (8 letters)
caboodle
Is the location of Pelham Bay Park, which is more than 3 times larger than Central Park
the Bronx