windstorm
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He and Gombu left the last camp in the middle of a windstorm, with a scant supply of oxygen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
Storm Éowyn in January 2025 was the strongest windstorm for over a decade.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025
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
The unfolded hoverboard pitched in the windstorm, its magnets fighting to keep it on the ground.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
Scientists are more confident that the coastal impacts of windstorms, from storm surges and high waves will worsen as sea-levels rise.
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
The plan, if approved by lawmakers, would make $1.5 billion available in state funds to prepare for the threat of firestorms, windstorms and other natural disasters in addition to federal disaster money.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2025
Last week’s windstorms were worsened by a “mountain wave wind,” which occurs when gusts rapidly drop down mountain slopes, then gain strength upon hitting a flat landscape.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2025
It came from the direction of the mountains, flying low and kicking up dust in a dozen separate windstorms in its wake.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
