How to Use landfall in a Sentence

landfall

noun
  • From the deck of the boat, we saw our first landfall.
  • What matters is where a storm makes landfall.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 3 June 2026
  • Even the hurricanes that don’t make landfall leave their mark.
    — Leah Tyler, ajc, 9 Sep. 2022
  • And so there are always unknowns in terms of when and how a storm may form and make landfall.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 11 May 2026
  • This can be up to a day before a hurricane makes landfall.
    — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
  • But where exactly landfall will occur is still up in the air.
    — NBC News, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The surge can raise water levels on rivers miles inland from the point of landfall.
    — George Petras, USA Today, 30 May 2023
  • The storm's landfall on Friday featured lots of strong winds and sea foam.
    — Fox News, 20 Sep. 2020
  • The storm made its first landfall in February, then made a rare loop and hit again.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Zeta was the fastest of these storms, making landfall at 24 mph.
    — Allison Chinchar and Haley Brink, CNN, 30 Nov. 2020
  • This storm made landfall east of Houston, killing five people.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 6 June 2026
  • Once Delta makes landfall later this evening, skies and rain will begin to clear overnight.
    — Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle, 9 Oct. 2020
  • Nicholas will be the eighth storm to make landfall on the United States so far this year.
    — NBC News, 13 Sep. 2021
  • Studies in the past several years have showed a slow-down in forward speed at landfall.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
  • But the surge was half as high as expected, and the winds weakened before landfall.
    — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 13 Oct. 2024
  • Both were on the weaker side, and neither is expected to make landfall.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 15 Aug. 2020
  • Little change to the location of landfall and effects of the storm.
    — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
  • While a landfall is unlikely, it cannot be completely ruled out.
    — Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • It was forecast to be the third ever hurricane to make landfall in the island.
    — Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2020
  • The forecast does not predict whether storms will make landfall, however.
    — Evan Bush, NBC news, 1 June 2026
  • Ian is one of the strongest storms ever to make landfall in the United States.
    — Victoria Ballard, Sun Sentinel, 6 Oct. 2022
  • On Tuesday morning, the day of its first landfall, the storm was moving at just around 2 mph.
    — Denise Chow, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Tropical Storm Claudette was the only one so far to make landfall.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 27 June 2021
  • And there are potentially two more landfalls in store for Melissa this week.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
  • DeSantis left the campaign trail ahead of the storm's landfall to return to his home state.
    — USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2023
  • This could potentially be the strongest storm on record to make direct landfall there.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The landfall was just 15 miles south of where Hurricane Eta hit two weeks ago.
    — Jennifer Grubb, CNN, 17 Nov. 2020
  • There’s an above-average chance that one of those will make landfall in the United States.
    — Lisa Friedman, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2020
  • Still, no hurricanes have made a US landfall this season.
    — Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025

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