make landfall
idiom
: to reach land after a journey by sea or air
They made landfall on the fourth day of their journey.
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Monday’s total solar eclipse will make landfall along Mexico’s Pacific coast and cross into Texas and 14 other U.S. states, before exiting over Canada.
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Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
Next Monday’s total eclipse will first make landfall at around 11:07 a.m.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
Otis is the only hurricane on record to make landfall in Mexico as a Category 5, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
—Jason
samenow, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
The disasters included the Maui wildfire that was the nation’s deadliest in more than a century and Hurricane Idalia, the strongest hurricane to make landfall in northwest Florida since 1896.
—Amy Green, WIRED, 16 Mar. 2024
An atmospheric river is expected to make landfall in California next week, bringing more gloomy days to the capital city.
—Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2024
For example, people living in an area where a hurricane is expected to make landfall would need trusted sources of weather alerts, like the National Weather Service or a local news outlet, at the top of their Google searches.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 18 Jan. 2024
Hilary, which experts warned could make landfall as a hurricane in June, instead caused more inconvenience than damage as a tropical storm, canceling flights, closing schools and unleashing mudslides in California.
—Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2023
The 3,800 km-long cables will shadow the coasts of Portugal, northern Spain, and southwestern France, jut out to sea in a wide arc around Brittany and Cornwall, then make landfall in North Devon.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Nov. 2023
Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
Next Monday’s total eclipse will first make landfall at around 11:07 a.m.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
Otis is the only hurricane on record to make landfall in Mexico as a Category 5, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
—Jason
samenow, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
The disasters included the Maui wildfire that was the nation’s deadliest in more than a century and Hurricane Idalia, the strongest hurricane to make landfall in northwest Florida since 1896.
—Amy Green, WIRED, 16 Mar. 2024
An atmospheric river is expected to make landfall in California next week, bringing more gloomy days to the capital city.
—Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2024
For example, people living in an area where a hurricane is expected to make landfall would need trusted sources of weather alerts, like the National Weather Service or a local news outlet, at the top of their Google searches.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 18 Jan. 2024
Hilary, which experts warned could make landfall as a hurricane in June, instead caused more inconvenience than damage as a tropical storm, canceling flights, closing schools and unleashing mudslides in California.
—Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2023
The 3,800 km-long cables will shadow the coasts of Portugal, northern Spain, and southwestern France, jut out to sea in a wide arc around Brittany and Cornwall, then make landfall in North Devon.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Nov. 2023
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