make landfall

idiom

: to reach land after a journey by sea or air

They made landfall on the fourth day of their journey.

Examples of make landfall in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

So far, Hazelton said, the new Google DeepMind ensemble, which has been impressing forecasters with its accuracy, is split on whether the closest system could recurve out into the ocean or make landfall somewhere along the Southeast coast. —Doyle Rice, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025

The powerful storm was forecast to make landfall in the evening near Guangdong, China, where local officials called for about two million people to be evacuated. —Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2025

It is then expected to move to the west-northwest and make landfall in western portions of Guangdong Wednesday afternoon local time. —Helen Regan, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025

Its current trajectory puts it on course to swipe Hong Kong, and make landfall sometime Wednesday over Guangdong province, the observatory says. —Danny Lee, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2025

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