Landfall

//ˈlænd.fɔl//

"Landfall" in a Sentence (9 examples)

Typhoon Megi makes landfall in the Philippines.

The death toll in Puerto Rico grew in the three months following Maria’s landfall on the island due in part to the lack of electricity and potable water as well as access to medical facilities and medical care.

Cristobal made landfall Wednesday on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.

“Laura is expected to be a major hurricane at landfall,” said the U.S. National Hurricane Center.

More than 1 million people remain without power in Louisiana, including in New Orleans, the state’s most populous city, and in the state of Mississippi, after the Category 4 hurricane made landfall.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center said early Sunday that Tropical Storm Eta has made landfall along the South-Central coast of Cuba and is moving to the north, across the island.

Tropical Storm Isaias is expected to strengthen into a low-level hurricane before it makes landfall along the coast of the Carolinas.

We made landfall at the most god-forsaken, barren, desolate, and hellish location possible to image; and we were grateful, anything to get off that ship!

Lighthouses are usually the first aids seen when making landfall.

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