How to Use make landfall in a Sentence

make landfall

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  • It is not expected to make landfall.
    Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Whether Lee will make landfall or blow out to sea remains a key question.
    USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The assumption is there are no impacts because the storm will not make landfall.
    Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • But the famous Banker horses will be fine even if things change and Erin does make landfall.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Florida, bracing for huge amounts to make landfall, has largely been spared the extreme amounts that washed up last year.
    WIRED, 23 June 2023
  • Milton was the third hurricane in 2024 to make landfall in the state.
    Leah Dolan, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Chinese state media said Noul is the strongest to make landfall in China so far this year.
    ABC News, 26 July 2026
  • The system is expected to make landfall in Nicaragua on Sunday.
    Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Both brought heavy rain and flooding to the state and were the earliest tropical cyclones to make landfall on the islands.
    Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 14 July 2023
  • In other words, the hurricane may ultimately make landfall near the edge of the cone, and the forecast did its job.
    Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Even though Erin will not make landfall, Florida's coastline will still feel its effects.
    Amanda Castro hannah Parry anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
  • People in the region brace for storms that sometimes make landfall with only a short lead time and leave billions of dollars in damage.
    Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Much like Erin, this tropical storm is not expected to make landfall before dying out next week.
    Peter Aitken hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Noul was the third typhoon to hit China and make landfall within a month, after Bavi and Maysak.
    ABC News, 26 July 2026
  • This could not have been the current state of Jamaica as the hurricane did not make landfall until the following day.
    Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • There is still too much uncertainty with forecast models to tell if Kiko will make landfall, forecasters said.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Will a major hurricane make landfall in the US in 2026?
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
  • That storm may make landfall over Isabela or northern Aurora on Friday, the brief said.
    Rajeev Tyagi, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025
  • That also ties the record for the hurricane with the highest sustained winds to make landfall in the Atlantic hurricane basin.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Even storms that didn’t make landfall locally can carry lasting significance.
    Newsroom Meteorologist, Houston Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2026
  • According to the press release, the tour is set to make landfall in 34 regions of the world and will include 79 concerts.
    Anna Chan, Billboard, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Imagine a Category 3 hurricane forecast to make landfall on a stretch of coast within a day and a half.
    Derek Williams, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • But Lee County is exactly where the eye of Hurricane Ian would make landfall.
    Emily L. Mahoney, Sun Sentinel, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Hurricane Erin is expected to move further out to sea on Friday, and the storm is not predicted to make landfall.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Yagi is the strongest typhoon to make landfall on the island since Rammasun in 2014.
    Jerome Taylor, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The storm is not expected to make landfall, but dangerous riptides are expected along East Coast beaches.
    Cate Martel, The Hill, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Models indicate that hurricanes could make landfall in more northern areas of the state, such as Jacksonville, Kearns said.
    Denise Chow, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Tropical Storm Leslie remains in the central Atlantic and is not expected to make landfall.
    Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The second wave is expected to make landfall Friday and linger through Saturday, Cohen said.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Coastal residents are urged to monitor updates and prepare for possible disruptions, even if Erin does not make landfall.
    Amanda Castro hannah Parry anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025

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