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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All eight undersea cables make landfall in Lagos, the cultural, commercial, and one-time federal capital of Nigeria, and one of the cables also lands near Port Harcourt to the southeast.
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IEEE Spectrum, 6 Aug. 2025
AccuWeather forecasters expect a potential tropical depression to make landfall in southeastern Louisiana Thursday afternoon, bringing heavy rain and storm surge.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 16 July 2025
Tropical storm watches were issued on the 4th of July, and the system is expected to make landfall Saturday or early Sunday perhaps just south of the border between South Carolina and North Carolina.
—Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
Tropical Storm Chantal was forecast to make landfall in South Carolina early Sunday, bringing heavy rainfall to the Carolinas.
—July 5, CBS News, 5 July 2025
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IEEE Spectrum, 6 Aug. 2025
AccuWeather forecasters expect a potential tropical depression to make landfall in southeastern Louisiana Thursday afternoon, bringing heavy rain and storm surge.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 16 July 2025
Tropical storm watches were issued on the 4th of July, and the system is expected to make landfall Saturday or early Sunday perhaps just south of the border between South Carolina and North Carolina.
—Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
Tropical Storm Chantal was forecast to make landfall in South Carolina early Sunday, bringing heavy rainfall to the Carolinas.
—July 5, CBS News, 5 July 2025
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