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Recent Examples of windstorm
The Southeast is more densely populated, and mobile homes (which often fare poorly in windstorms) are prevalent.
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Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 21 Apr. 2025
Zoom in: Last year, FEMA doled out about $1.2 billion in Houston to help with recovery from Hurricane Beryl and a separate severe windstorm.
—Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 25 Mar. 2025
On one trip, Dunn and his now-spouse were backpacking in Utah’s Canyonlands when a windstorm swept in out of nowhere.
—Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 2 Apr. 2025
During the same period, the FAIR Plan received more than 500 claims that were not related to the Los Angeles County wildfires, including windstorm and other fire claims.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
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Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 21 Apr. 2025
Zoom in: Last year, FEMA doled out about $1.2 billion in Houston to help with recovery from Hurricane Beryl and a separate severe windstorm.
—Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 25 Mar. 2025
On one trip, Dunn and his now-spouse were backpacking in Utah’s Canyonlands when a windstorm swept in out of nowhere.
—Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 2 Apr. 2025
During the same period, the FAIR Plan received more than 500 claims that were not related to the Los Angeles County wildfires, including windstorm and other fire claims.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for windstorm
Noun
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While all of these are often referred to as fire tornadoes or firenadoes, researchers have detected subtle differences in how they are organized.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Unlike tornadoes or hurricanes, that five-day heat wave was an unpredictable weather disaster in slow motion, the magnitude of which went unrecognized for several days for several reasons.—
Cory Franklin,
Chicago Tribune,
13 July 2025
Noun
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People threw punches, kicked and jeered as a man on the ground tried to fend off the blows and a woman tumbled to the concrete, bloody and disoriented.—
Scott Wartman,
The Enquirer,
2 Aug. 2025
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For a country like Italy, which prioritizes value for money, this is a devastating blow.—
Elisabetta Tosi,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Sunday’s gale warning is in effect until Sunday evening, according to the National Weather Service.—
Matt Hubbard,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Apr. 2025
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The alerts consisted of gale warnings, hazardous seas warnings, small craft advisories and rip current statements.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Residents should be prepared for wind gusts of up to 55 mph.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
29 July 2025
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The storms may bring penny-sized hail (0.75 inches) and wind gusts of up to 40 mph.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
29 July 2025
Noun
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These accoutrements saved our weekend when a late-May tempest blew across Colorado’s San Luis Valley one night.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside Online,
26 June 2025
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People caught in the tempest discovered the limits of human control.—
Ethan Wolin
Updated July 4,
Sacbee.com,
4 July 2025
Noun
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But the squall on the water was separate, less substantial in terms of both space and duration — and trickier to foresee, according to Colin McKellar, a meteorologist who was on duty Saturday in Reno.—
Ethan Wolin,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2025
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The larger concern, once again, were the trees alongside the trail whose roots had largely been ripped from earth and now pointed down the mountain, ready to slide given the right squall.—
Grayson Haver Currin,
Outside Online,
20 June 2025
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“Windstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windstorm. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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