gust
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Magilligan in County Londonderry recorded 73mph and Castlederg in County Tyrone recorded a wind gust of 70mph.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
“There was a wind gust, it was a funnel,” Brown said in a post on Instagram.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
A strong gust can break apart a flock.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Lala carried a record wind gust of 140 miles per hour, recorded on the peak of Mauna Kea, while across the state more than 100 homes were damaged or destroyed by cataclysmic flooding.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
We stopped in a small clearing, in front of an old, abandoned outhouse, weathered to the color of ashes and looking like a gust of wind would knock it flat.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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