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windstorm

[wind-stawrm] / ˈwɪndˌstɔrm /


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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

Up die hill from the campsite the same windstorm that left him a place to land the plane—had that only been three, four days ago?—had dropped three large white pines across each other.

From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen

Currently, there is no clear evidence of an increase or decrease in the number or intensity of windstorms.

From BBC Aug. 31, 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 Aug. 31, 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




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