windstorm
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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
Brother Jonathan got caught in a windstorm and struck one of the rocks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2025
Detecting long-term trends is challenging, as windstorm activity naturally fluctuates from year-to-year and across decades.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2025
Your trailer got blown away in the windstorm?
From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2025
A 30 kph windstorm some time later would have been strong enough to clean the solar cells but not strong enough to carry sand.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
That natural beauty is one of the great draws of Altadena, but the risk of windstorms, wildfires and floods is part of the bargain, with climate change elevating the threat.
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
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
Flaws and irregularities told how the trees endured fires and lightning strikes and windstorms and infestations and yet continued to grow.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
