How to Use landfall in a Sentence

landfall

noun

• From the deck of the boat, we saw our first landfall.
• Elsa is the third storm to make landfall in the U.S. this year.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 8 July 2021
• Nicholas will be the eighth storm to make landfall on the United States so far this year.
  — NBC News, 13 Sep. 2021
• This would be the first US landfall storm of the 2024 Atlantic season.
  — Andrew Torgan, CNN, 7 July 2024
• If the rain does make landfall, roads could become slick.
  — Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Oct. 2021
• By the end of the play, Life of Pi wraps back around to its big lessons, making landfall again in the land of the vague and obvious.
  — Vulture, 30 Mar. 2023
• Ian is one of the strongest storms ever to make landfall in the United States.
  — Victoria Ballard, Sun Sentinel, 6 Oct. 2022
• Little change to the location of landfall and effects of the storm.
  — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
• The storm made its first landfall in February, then made a rare loop and hit again.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 17 Mar. 2023
• The storm made landfall on Sunday with sustained winds of up to 40 miles per hour and gusts of up to 49 miles per hour.
  — NBC News, 12 Apr. 2022
• Hurst was last seen on last seen on the boat the day Hurricane Ian made landfall on Sept. 28, per the outlet.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2023
• The surge can raise water levels on rivers miles inland from the point of landfall.
  — George Petras, USA Today, 30 May 2023
• Even the hurricanes that don’t make landfall leave their mark.
  — Leah Tyler, ajc, 9 Sep. 2022
• The rubble at Çeşme-Bağlararası lay in four distinct layers, which marked the landfall of at least four tsunamis.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 5 Jan. 2022
• It's forecast to be a Cat 2 at landfall near Morgan City.
  — Axios, 11 Sep. 2024
• The intrepid and long-lived storm is gearing up for its third and final landfall, this time in Texas.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 6 July 2024
• DeSantis left the campaign trail ahead of the storm's landfall to return to his home state.
  — USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2023
• But where exactly landfall will occur is still up in the air.
  — NBC News, 18 Aug. 2023
• The waves could cause coastal flooding, though the storm itself is not expected to make a U.S. landfall.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2021
• The group said there's a 71% chance at least one major hurricane will make landfall somewhere in the U.S.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2022
• This can be up to a day before a hurricane makes landfall.
  — Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 31 May 2022
• For now its winds are forecast to reach 90 mph before landfall, but that number could rise if Beryl stays over the Gulf longer.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 5 July 2024
• At about 24 hours from landfall, the average error at is about 40 miles.
  — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2024
• The storm, which is well out to sea and is not expected to have a major impact or make landfall in the United States, is the 21st storm this season.
  — Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News, 1 Nov. 2021
• The system is expected to make landfall in Nicaragua on Sunday.
  — Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2022
• The center of the storm is expected to make landfall in the country's central and southern regions.
  — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 16 Dec. 2021
• In a worst-case scenario, the area would face its first direct landfall of a major hurricane in more than 100 years.
  — Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 27 Sep. 2022
• As the storm makes landfall, damaging winds and storm surges are the most significant threats.
  — Judson Jones, CNN, 20 Aug. 2021
• The other shows the storm making a harder westward turn in the Gulf, which could weaken the storm or result in landfall in northeastern Mexico.
  — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
• Throughout the videos, the family documents their experience making last-minute preparations for the storm, encountering landfall and surveying the impact on their home.
  — Sophia Pargas, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Dec 2024