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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It is expected to make landfall just south of Tulum on Friday morning around 5 a.m. ET.
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Max Golembo, ABC News, 4 July 2024
The storm was expected to remain a hurricane and make landfall in the Yucatan Peninsula or Belize by around Friday.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2024
The storm was expected to soon make landfall in the Windward Islands, according to the National Hurricane Center.
—Dánica Coto, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 July 2024
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Max Golembo, ABC News, 4 July 2024
The storm was expected to remain a hurricane and make landfall in the Yucatan Peninsula or Belize by around Friday.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2024
The storm was expected to soon make landfall in the Windward Islands, according to the National Hurricane Center.
—Dánica Coto, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 July 2024
Video Ad Feedback See flooding at Texas coastline hundreds of miles from where storm to make landfall
01:56 - Source: CNN
3.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 20 June 2024
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“Make landfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20landfall. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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