winds

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The final day of the Royal Cornwall Show was cancelled on Saturday after the Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for winds of up to 50mph, and organisers said it "was not safe".

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

I rushed to the outdoor deck for the royal walk-club meetup, but the track was closed due to winds of more than 30 miles an hour.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

However, relatively weak stratospheric winds at Sinlaku's latitude during April 2026 may have allowed the waves to remain intact.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

Few have forgotten that when two enormous wildfires broke out here in January 2025, the mayor was on a business trip to Ghana despite forecasts of extremely high winds in the middle of a drought.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

The gentle breeze jumped to a full-force gale, and Alex felt like the hero in a legend who let the winds escape from the bag they were trapped in.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr