When it rains continuously and/or strongly for an extended amount of time that water levels raise.
200
Define "Tremor"
a slight earthquake.
200
Define "Gale" force
(Air)
a strong wind moving 45-90 knots
200
Define "Blaze"
An uncontrolled fire
200
Define "Dam"
(Water)
dam
a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water
200
Define "Hail"
precipitation of ice pellets
300
What is the "Richter Scale"
a logarithmic scale of 1 to 10 formerly used to express the magnitude of an earthquake on the basis of the size of seismograph oscillations
300
Define "Uproot"
move forcibly from a homeland into a new foreign environment
300
Define "Shelter"
covering that provides protection from the weather
300
Define "Whirlpool"
a powerful circular current of water
300
Define "Permafrost"
ground that is permanently frozen
400
a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
Cataclysm
400
a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
(Not an earthquake)
Twister
400
Define "Flammable"
easily set on fire; combustible; inflammable.
400
Define "Fog"
droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
400
Define "Tidal Wave"
an unusual (and often destructive) rise of water along the seashore caused by a storm or a combination of wind and high tide