landfalls
Ships reaching land
Landfalls is the plural of landfall, which denotes the moment when a ship or aircraft reaches land after a journey over water, or when a storm system moves from sea onto shore.
Weather reports frequently use the term when tracking hurricanes: The storm made landfall near Galveston.
For sailors and explorers, landfall historically marked the successful completion of a voyage.
The word can also refer to the land itself that is first sighted or reached.
Land bordering water
- coastsEdges of continents
- harborsSheltered waters for mooring
- portsShip berths or device jacks
- destinationsPlaces one travels to
approaches · sightings · anchorages · docking · beaching · disembarkation · touchdown · journey's end
Newly revealed facts
- expeditionsOrganized journeys for exploration
- ColumbusOhio's seat of government
- voyagesExtended journeys by sea
- New WorldWestern Hemisphere landmasses
uncharted · terra firma · navigation · explorers · coastlines · mapping · charting · colonial
Violent atmospheric disturbances
- cyclonesRotating storm systems
- typhoonsWestern Pacific tropical storms
- impactsForceful contacts or influences
- strikesRefusals to work collectively
storm surge · evacuation · tracking · meteorology · weather systems · eye wall · wind damage · flooding
shores
Land bordering water
destinations · approaches · sightings · anchorages · docking · beaching · disembarkation · touchdown · journey's end · safe harbor
discoveries
Newly revealed facts
- expeditionsOrganized journeys for exploration
- ColumbusOhio's seat of government
- voyagesExtended journeys by sea
New World · uncharted · terra firma · navigation · explorers · coastlines · mapping · charting · colonial · first contact
storms
Violent atmospheric disturbances
- cyclonesRotating storm systems
- typhoonsWestern Pacific tropical storms
- impactsForceful contacts or influences
strikes · storm surge · evacuation · tracking · meteorology · weather systems · eye wall · wind damage · flooding · disaster
landfallsdepartures
Acts of going away
embarkations · sailings · leavings · launchings · takeoffs
landfallsopen water
Unobstructed body navigable freely
deep sea · blue water · high seas · open ocean · flights
- make landfallReach land from sea
- made landfallReached land from sea
- making landfallStorm reaching coastal ground