landfall

1. (countable, uncountable)An arrival at the shore by a ship, or sighting of the shore from a ship.

   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.

   Landung

2. (countable, uncountable)The point at which a hurricane or similar storm reaches land.

3. (countable, uncountable)A landslip.

4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)The first land discovered after a sea voyage.

   the first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or flight over water)

1. Typhoon Megi makes landfall in the Philippines.

   deDer Taifun Megi trifft bei den Philippinen auf Land.

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2. Cristobal made landfall Wednesday on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.

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

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

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