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
While there is no single measure for severity of storm in the UK, Storm Éoywn was notable as being the most powerful windstorm in a decade.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 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
Your trailer got blown away in the windstorm?
From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2025
On Tuesday, April 5, 1892, at 6:50 A.M., a sudden windstorm demolished the fair’s just-finished pumping station and tore down sixty-five feet of the Illinois State Building.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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
Currently, there is no clear evidence of an increase or decrease in the number or intensity of windstorms.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2025
This week’s fire weather is not expected to be as severe as last week’s historic windstorms that fueled the Palisades and Eaton fires, Schoenfeld said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 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
If they visited earth, Librans would also find windstorms most startling and unpleasant, compared to the gentle air currents they knew.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
