landfall
noun
land·fall
ˈlan(d)-ˌfȯl 
1
: a sighting of land after a voyage or flight
2
: a reaching of land (as by a traveler, craft, or storm)
3
: the land first sighted on a voyage or flight
Examples of landfall in a Sentence
From the deck of the boat, we saw our first landfall.
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Popular Science spoke with VanderMeer just two days after Hurricane Milton’s devastating Florida landfall in Florida.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2024
The most intense winds around Milton's eyewall peaked at 180 mph roughly 24 hours before striking Florida, but the storms in its outer bands began to pummel South Florida more than 16 hours ahead of landfall.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
Forecasts on Wednesday morning had the storm coming ashore at 2am ET on Thursday morning, about 6 hours behind the actual landfall timing, Lowry said.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 11 Oct. 2024
The briefing, scheduled for 1 p.m., directly follows Hurricane Milton’s landfall in Florida as well as reports of President Joe Biden’s conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday about escalating tensions in the Middle East between Israel, Lebanon, and Iran.
—Andi Shae Napier, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Oct. 2024
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2024
The most intense winds around Milton's eyewall peaked at 180 mph roughly 24 hours before striking Florida, but the storms in its outer bands began to pummel South Florida more than 16 hours ahead of landfall.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
Forecasts on Wednesday morning had the storm coming ashore at 2am ET on Thursday morning, about 6 hours behind the actual landfall timing, Lowry said.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 11 Oct. 2024
The briefing, scheduled for 1 p.m., directly follows Hurricane Milton’s landfall in Florida as well as reports of President Joe Biden’s conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday about escalating tensions in the Middle East between Israel, Lebanon, and Iran.
—Andi Shae Napier, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Oct. 2024
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landfall
noun
land·fall
ˈlan(d)-ˌfȯl
1
: a sighting or making of land after a voyage or flight
2
: the land first sighted on a voyage or flight
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