windstorm
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Before the fire, the National Weather Service predicted a “life-threatening” windstorm, investigators wrote in their report released Aug. 4.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
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
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
It was as if Sherm and his grandmother supported themselves while a windstorm blew through the house every morning and—kiss, kiss, love you!—left through the front door.
From "Goodbye Stranger" by Rebecca Stead
Spring windstorms, heat and dry air can accelerate the plants’ life cycle or prevent new flowers from developing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
Currently, there is no clear evidence of an increase or decrease in the number or intensity of windstorms.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2025
Dillon had faced windstorms before, and had seen smoke in the mountains, but this time felt different.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2025
There have been windstorms like this before, including one in 2011 that caused a lot of wind damage in the San Fernando Valley, Swain said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 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
