windstorm

Example Sentences

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He and Gombu left the last camp in the middle of a windstorm, with a scant supply of oxygen.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

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

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

On Tuesday, April 5, 1892, at 6:50 A.M., a sudden windstorm demolished the fair’s just-finished pumping station and tore down sixty-five feet of the Illinois State Building.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson