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1851 Atlantic hurricane season

The cyclone slowly weakened as it turned northwestward, with hurricane force wind gusts reported 24 hours after landfall in current-day Medina County.

1909 Grand Isle hurricane

On September 16, it attained the equivalent of a modern-day Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale and further strengthened to attain winds of 100 mph (155 km/h) before making landfall in Pinar del Río Province, Cuba on September 18.

1991–92 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season

The storm made landfall in the Sava Region of eastern Madagascar early on January 2 and subsequently crossed the northern portion of the country.

1996–97 Australian region cyclone season

Peaking as a Category 4 cyclone, and making landfall as a Category 2, it caused significant damage in the Cairns region which it approached on two occasions.It was the largest cyclone to hit Northern Queensland in 1997.

1997 Pacific hurricane season

It weakened to a depression and made landfall near San Salvador on June 7 and dissipated shortly thereafter.

1999 Pacific typhoon season

Neil made landfall to the southwest of Suncheon the next day as a minimal tropical storm and soon reemerged over the Yellow Sea as a tropical depression.

2002 Atlantic hurricane season

On October 11, Kyle reached land and made its first landfall near McClellanville, South Carolina.

2003 Atlantic hurricane season

It continued quickly across the body of water, and made landfall in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas as a hurricane on August 17.

2003–04 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season

Gafilo made landfall over Antalaha, Madagascar early on 7 March, and it arrived at the Mozambique Channel as a moderate tropical storm before noon on 8 March.

Late on 9 March, Gafilo made landfall north of Morombe, Madagascar, and the system started to make a three-day clockwise loop over the south part of Madagascar.

2004–05 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season

The depression moved southeastward, making landfall in western Madagascar between Morombe and Toliara.

2008–09 South Pacific cyclone season

After it made landfall Innis became the first Tropical Depression to move into TCWC Brisbane's Area of responsibility since Cyclone Larry.

2009–10 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season

It strengthened to a severe tropical storm as it approached the Madagascar coast, and made landfall north of Mananjary.

2010 Pacific hurricane season

Agatha made landfall that afternoon near Champerico, Guatemala with winds of 45 mph (75 km/h).

Brian Tobin

It was also during this time in the lead-up to the millennium that Newfoundland undertook an aggressive tourism marketing campaign which focused on important anniversaries such as the 500th year since John Cabot's voyage of discovery (1997), as well as the 1000th year since Vikings, such as Leif Ericson, made landfall on the province's shores (2000).

Calico Skies

McCartney had been staying in Long Island when the category-three storm Hurricane Bob that made landfall had hit in August 1991.

Cyclone Catarina

The center of the storm made landfall later that day at the time between the cities of Passo de Torres and Balneário Gaivota, Santa Catarina.

Cyclone Nisha

2008's Cyclonic Storm Nisha – Made landfall in Tamil Nadu, India, killed at least 204 people, and did at least $800 million (2008 USD) in damages.

Cyclone Rashmi

Early the next day the IMD reported that Rashmi had made landfall on the Bangladesh coast, near Barisal.

Daniel Southworth

He also helped develop action sequences for Terrence Malick's The New World, took part in James Cameron's early visualizations of Avatar, and developed some of action scenes for Neill Blomkamp's Halo 3: Landfall web sequences.

Effects of Hurricane Isabel in North Carolina

Hours after Isabel made landfall, President George W. Bush issued a major disaster declaration for 26 North Carolina counties, which allowed the use of federal personnel, equipment and lifesaving systems and the delivery of heavy-duty generators, plastic sheeting, tents, cots, food, water, medical aid and other essential supplies and materials for sustaining human life.

Hansa Carrier

After hearing of the accident, oceanic scientist Curtis Ebbesmeyer seized the opportunity: He established links with beachcombers and formed a network of people reporting the landfall of the contents of this and other spills.

Henry James Evans

Evans was unaware at the time that the striking red cliffs along the coast had been remarked on much earlier when the Dutch ship Duyfken under Willem Janszoon charted the shores of Gulf of Carpentaria, making landfall at the Pennefather River in the Gulf of Carpentaria (the first authenticated European discovery of Australia), and again, in 1802, by Matthew Flinders.

Humber Gateway Wind Farm

--Vestas ? --> wind turbines, with the electrical cable making landfall at Easington, and connecting to the National Grid, at Salt End, on the eastern outskirts of Kingston upon Hull.

Hurricane David

It caused torrential damage across its path, most of which occurred in the Dominican Republic where the hurricane made landfall as a Category 5 hurricane.

Hurricane Hortense

Early on September 15, Hortense made its final landfall near West Quoddy, Nova Scotia with winds of 75 mph (120 km/h).

Japanese Antarctic Expedition

During the following season a third attempt was made to reach an Antarctic landfall, with the specific objective of exploring King Edward VII Land.

Jeff Glor

He joined CBS News in 2007, where he has covered a wide range of stories domestically and internationally, including the shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, Hurricane Sandy's landfall in Atlantic City, the crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, US Airways Flight 1549's landing in the Hudson, the 2011 Norway attacks, the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and the Iraq War (where he was embedded with U.S. soldiers).

Landing craft tank

She was decommissioned in 1948, and presented to the Master Mariners' Club of Liverpool to be used as their club ship and renamed Landfall.

Luis de Torres

The story of de Torres addressing an Indian crowd, who sometimes smoked tobacco through their noses, in Hebrew after Columbus's first landfall on San Salvador is a product of novelists' imagination.

Maurice Duggan

It was published in Charles Brasch's quarterly, Landfall, in 1949, as was most of Duggan's later fiction.

Meteorological history of Hurricane Dean

The storm's strengthening pattern continued until Hurricane Dean made its second and final landfall at 1630 UTC August 22 near Tecolutla, Veracruz, just east of Gutiérrez Zamora and about 40 mi (65 km) south-southeast of Tuxpan.

Meteorological history of Typhoon Haiyan

At 1200 UTC, the storm makes its last Philippine landfall at Busuanga, Palawan as a category 3 storm.

Several hours later, the eye of the cyclone made its first landfall in the Philippines at Guiuan, Eastern Samar, without any change in intensity; if verified, this would make Haiyan the strongest tropical cyclone to make a landfall on record, surpassing the old record of 305 km/h (190 mph) set by Atlantic Hurricane Camille in 1969.

Pagan Love Song

Set in Tahiti, it was based on the novel Tahiti Landfall by William S. Stone.

Pira Sudham

He won a New Zealand government scholarship to read English Literature at Auckland University and then Victoria University of Wellington, where his first story was published by New Zealand's leading literary quarterly Landfall.

Summer of 2012 derecho series

This began over Lake Erie, and spread rapidly to the northeast and southwest as it made landfall in northern Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Third voyage of James Cook

In passing and after initial landfall at Waimea harbour, Kauai, Cook named the archipelago the "Sandwich Islands" after the fourth Earl of Sandwich—the acting First Lord of the Admiralty.

Timeline of the 1992 Pacific hurricane season

:*0130 UTC (3:30 pm HST September 11) - Hurricane Orlene made landfall near Waimea, Kauai, Hawaii.

Timeline of the 1994 Atlantic hurricane season

EDT (0600 UTC) – Tropical Depression Twelve makes landfall near Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua with winds of 35 mph (55 km/h).

Timeline of the 2004–05 Australian region cyclone season

1500 UTC, (2300 WST) – TCWC Perth reports that Tropical Cyclone Raymond (07S), has made landfall near Kalumburu, Western Australia with 10-minute sustained winds of 85 km/h (50 mph).

Timeline of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season

EDT (0300 UTC) – Tropical Storm Ernesto makes a second landfall at Plantation Key, Florida, with 45 mph (70 km/h) winds.

Timeline of the 2007–08 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season

:1015 UTC - Intense Tropical Cyclone Jokwe makes landfall between Mozambique Island and Angoche City.

Timeline of the 2008–09 Australian region cyclone season

:1200 UTC (2200 AEST) – Tropical Cyclone Ellie makes landfall on Mission Beach, Queensland in Australia.

U.S. Route 17 in Florida

On August 13, 2004, Hurricane Charley made landfall just before 4:00 p.m. local time near the southern terminus of US 17.

Wolf pack Hai

The second officer and 22 crew were picked up on 23 July by the Tuscan Star, while the chief officer and 20 survivors made landfall at Villa Cisneros, Spanish Sahara.

The Master and 20 men made landfall at Timiris, Senegal, after 18 days at sea, and were interned by the Vichy French, while the chief officer and 24 men were picked up by a Spanish fishing vessel after 14 days.

Xaibe

Because of its location on the Caribbean coastline, it is vulnerable to tropical cyclones; Hurricane Janet and Hurricane Dean, both Category 5 storms, made landfall near Xaibe village in 1955 and 2007 respectively.


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