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windstorm

[wind-stawrm] / ˈwɪndˌstɔrm /


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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

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

Your trailer got blown away in the windstorm?

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2025

The lawsuit alleges the utility failed to temporarily shut down power lines in Eaton Canyon despite ample warnings of a strong windstorm from the National Weather Service amid abundant dry vegetation near its power lines.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2025

Sparks jumped across the river as the machine’s windstorm stirred the fire to a new intensity.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld