Sentence examples for making landfall from inspiring English sources

"making landfall" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to the moment when a ship or aircraft reaches land. Example: The hurricane was predicted to make landfall on the east coast in two days, causing widespread damage and destruction.

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Shortly after making landfall, Mr. Bloomberg was seen soaking wet.

More than half a million people fled to shelters ahead of typhoon Hagupit making landfall.

The uptick had been ignorable because the storms had not been making landfall.

Well before making landfall in Florida, Hurricane Frances made its presence known.

Hurricanes making landfall can cause substantial changes in the sediments deposited in inland basins.

Tonight's high tides will coincide with Hurricane Sandy making landfall in southern New Jersey.

Officials had prepared for a cyclone, but the storm, called Mahasen, weakened considerably before making landfall.

Heather dissipated September 1, just before making landfall.

Dean continued northward before making landfall in southeastern Newfoundland.

After making landfall in Shanghai, the storm steadily weakened.

Not long after making landfall, the storm weakened extremely quickly.

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