windstorm
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The agency has advised residents to stay in the lower levels of their home during the windstorm and to avoid windows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2026
Google said Monday it is partnering with NextEra Energy to reopen the Duane Arnold Energy Center, a nuclear plant that closed five years ago after damage from a windstorm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025
Before that it was Storm Eowyn in January, the most powerful windstorm in the UK for over a decade with gusts of over 135mph.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2025
Investigators hope it will help them determine how the Palisades fire ignited, the exact point of origin, and how, during a massive windstorm, it raced from the hills to the ocean.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2025
“Who wouldn’t want to be out on the ocean in a windstorm at two in the morning?”
From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin
Natural beauty is one of the great draws of Altadena, but the risk of windstorms, wildfires and floods is part of the bargain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
Scientists are more confident that the coastal impacts of windstorms, from storm surges and high waves, will worsen as sea-levels rise.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025
A portion of the sales for each $20 shirt will be used to fund cleanup efforts from the windstorms and assist the newly homeless population of L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2025
Last week’s windstorms were rare because the winds were extraordinarily widespread and affected areas that don’t typically see strong winds during powerful Santa Ana wind events, Schoenfeld said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2025
An unusual number of lesser windstorms continued to blow in from the Pacific as well.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
