windstorm

noun

Definition of windstormnext
as in tornado

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Recent Examples of windstorm Insurer of first resort: A bipartisan bill (HB 13) aims to require Citizens Property Insurance Corp. to make windstorm coverage available to all homeowners statewide. — Martin Vassolo, Axios, 3 Mar. 2025 In that scenario, embers could continue to burn underground and become dislodged during a heavy windstorm, Brossard said. — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 26 Jan. 2025 In the final days of the Biden administration, federal officials agreed to reimburse the city for debris removal and emergency responses to the wildfires and the related windstorm at a rate of 100% — but only if that work took place within 180 days of the city’s emergency declaration. — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025 The cost of home insurance has been skyrocketing, and windstorm insurance as well. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for windstorm
Recent Examples of Synonyms for windstorm
  1. tornado
  2. blow
  3. gale
  4. gust
  5. tempest
  6. squall
Noun
  • In the moments before a tornado destroyed her family's Arkansas home, Misty Drope noticed the silence.
    — Ginger Zee, ABC News, 17 Mar. 2025
  • But after a monstrous tornado ripped through the Illinois town of Murphysboro on March 18, 1925, Othella saw nothing but flattened wasteland.
    — John O’Connor, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of tornado
Noun
  • The film stars the gifted André Holland as a theater performer who becomes an amnesiac after suffering a violent blow to the head.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025
  • But some business owners and managers told the Miami Herald Fraga’s proposal, set to be considered by the Doral City Council on Wednesday, could deal a crushing blow to their establishments.
    — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of blow
Noun
  • Currently, portions of Northern California and southern Oregon are under gale warnings, high surf warnings and hazardous seas warnings, the NWS said.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Nuclear power plants have increasingly been seen as a carbon pollution-free source of electricity that can fill in for solar and wind farms when the sun sets and gales weaken.
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of gale
Noun
  • The storms may bring wind gusts of up to 40 mph and pea-sized hail (0.25 inches).
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The south wind should be a steady 9 to 15 mph, but with some gusts blowing as high as 21 mph.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of gust
Noun
  • Cuomo faces a vulnerable incumbent Adams is also seeking reelection but is facing a tempest over the criminal case against him, and the U.S. Justice Department’s extraordinary effort to end the case over the objection of the prosecutors who brought the charges.
    — Anthony Izaguirre, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Hilaria touches on the media tempest surrounding her accent, reiterating that she was raised bilingual.
    — Judy Berman, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025
Definition of tempest
Noun
  • The Twin Cities reported 9.5 inches of snow, marking the biggest snowfall of the season. MORE: What every motorist needs to know about driving in snow In the Northeast, a squall line moved through Wednesday evening, bringing 1 to 2 inches of heavy rain and 50 to 60 mph winds.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Regions around the Great Lakes, especially, could see cold winds and snow showers and squalls Monday night through Tuesday morning.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
Definition of squall

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