make landfall
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: to reach land after a journey by sea or air
They made landfall on the fourth day of their journey.
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That storm may make landfall over Isabela or northern Aurora on Friday, the brief said.
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Rajeev Tyagi, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025
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
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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Rajeev Tyagi, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025
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
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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