17 example sentences using landfall.
Landfall used in a sentence
Landfall in a sentence as a noun
These were all category 1 or 2 storms at landfall.
Looks like it will make landfall right on top of a hazardous wastes management plant.
Some of them made landfall or passed over densely populated South Florida regions.
And shortly after landfall it was no longer a hurricane again - even before it weakened.
I work in a startup, we are building a product for middle east which is already proven in US. hopefully there will be a landfall of money someday.
We are beholden to give back to the universe.... If we make landfall on another star system, we become immortal.
Transit options are great because major transatlantic links actually make landfall in Ireland on the UK->US span.
It was clear days before landfall that this was a huge storm; the ships should have already been enroute, and other supplies staged in Guam and Okinawa.
Some of the storm scenes in Jurassic Park are from a real hurricane that made landfall in the last day or so before they were scheduled to leave Hawaii.
It's not the "most powerful hurricane ever known", it's ~30th in pressure since 50s, it only had the highest speed at landfall due to a conversion error
Apparently Sandy was blocked by an anti-cyclone south of Greenland and instead of turning right it turned sharply left and made landfall.
Aren't you leaving out storm surge, which is just as much of a result of wind speed as it is of size... it was the surge that made Sandy at landfall truly unique.
The storm is now within a few hours of landfall in the central Philippines at peak intensity as among the most powerful storms witnessed anywhere in modern times.
I'd just like to take a moment to underscore the accuracy of the NHC forecast track - the eye of the cyclone had made landfall right at where these guys predicted 3 days prior.
It wasn't technically a hurricane anymore when it made landfall on the mainland US, which probably contributed to the superstorm name sticking.
This interception could occur where undersea cables make landfall without any datacenter antics.
I'm in CT and since I was locked in my college dorm yesterday as Hurricane Sandy made landfall, I decided to get some like-minded people together and design and sell a T-shirt to help the relief movement as the storm continues its path.
Landfall definitions
the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water)
the first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or flight over water)