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What (who) is LANDFALL - definition
EVENT OF A STORM MOVING OVER LAND AFTER BEING OVER WATER
Land Fall; Direct hit (meteorology); Landfalls; Land-fall; Land-falls; Land falls; Landfall (meteorology)
![Hurricane Nicole]] made a direct hit over [[Bermuda]]. The western [[eyewall]] brushed the island, but the center remained offshore](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nicole Rainbow 20161013 0845 UTC.gif?width=200 "Hurricane Nicole]] made a direct hit over [[Bermuda]]. The western [[eyewall]] brushed the island, but the center remained offshore")
landfall
(landfalls)
Landfall is the act of arriving somewhere after a journey at sea, or the land that you arrive at.
By the time we had made landfall the boat looked ten years older!
N-VAR
Landfall
·noun Sighting or making land when at sea.
II. Landfall ·noun A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner.
landfall
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1. an arrival at land on a sea or air journey.
2. a collapse of a mass of land.
Wikipedia
Landfall
Landfall is the event of a storm moving over land after being over water. More broadly, and in relation to human travel, it refers to 'the first land that is reached or seen at the end of a journey across the sea or through the air, or the fact of arriving there.
Examples of use of LANDFALL
1. We simply lacked visibility on the day of landfall and the day following landfall." The House investigation is scheduled to wrap up by Feb. 15.
2. When at last they sighted landfall the crew were overjoyed.
3. They predict it will make landfall later this week.
4. Fay‘s center made its fourth landfall around 1 a.m.
5. Landfall is expected at high tide during a full moon.