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.

Examples of make landfall in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This case of coastal erosion comes as an after-effect of Hurricane Marie, which did not make landfall but still caused massive waves and flooding in Southern California over Labor Day Weekend. — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026

Tropical Storm Edouard is expected to make landfall today, according to the National Hurricane Center. — Cheryl McCloud, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026

Forecasters expected the storm to to make landfall in Texas later on Tuesday and then rapidly weaken. — Jamie Stengle, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

Tropical-storm-force winds extend out 25 miles from its center and it’s expected to make landfall on Tuesday and bring 3-6 inches with some areas getting up to 9 inches of rain on the upper Texas coast and inland into east-central Texas. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026

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