Landfall Landfall is the event of a storm moving over land after being over water. More broadly, and in relation to human travel, it refers to 'the first land that is reached or seen at the end of a journey across the sea or through the air, or the fact ...

is the time at which a storm (usually a

tropical cyclone A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depen ...

waterspout A waterspout is an intense columnar vortex (usually appearing as a funnel-shaped cloud) that occurs over a body of water. Some are connected to a cumulus congestus cloud, some to a cumuliform cloud and some to a cumulonimbus cloud. In the ...

) passes over shore. Landfall may also refer to:

Places

* Landfall, Minnesota, United States * Landfall, also known as Kent Cottage, Brigus, Newfoundland * Landfall Island, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India * Landfall Peak, Thurston Island, Antarctica

Popular culture

* ''Landfall'' (journal), a New Zealand literary journal * ''Landfall'' (1949 film), a British film * ''Landfall'' (1975 film), a New Zealand film * ''Landfall'' (2017 film), an Australian thriller film * ''Landfall'' (album), an album by Martin Carthy * '' Landfall: A Channel Story'', a novel by Nevil Shute * ''Landfall'', a 2018 album by

Laurie Anderson Laurel Philips Anderson (born June 5, 1947), known as Laurie Anderson, is an American avant-garde artist, composer, musician, and film director whose work spans performance art, pop music, and multimedia projects. Initially trained in violin and ...

with Kronos Quartet

Other uses

* ''Landfall'', the name given to the vessel '' LCT 7074'' by the Master Mariners' Club of Liverpool * Landfall Games, developer of video games '' Clustertruck'', '' Totally Accurate Battle Simulator'', and '' Totally Accurate Battlegrounds''

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Popular culture

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See also