windstorms

noun

plural of windstorm
as in tornadoes

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  1. tornadoes
  2. gales
  3. blows
  4. gusts
  5. winds
  6. tempests
  7. squalls
Noun
  • The remnants of Hurricane Isaias brought nearly 10 inches of rain to parts of North Carolina on Saturday, creating flash floods, landslides and tornados.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Hurricane Isaias made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane on Saturday, spawning tornadoes, destroying buildings and downing power lines across the Gulf region.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of tornadoes
Noun
  • New York’s summer weather has been a trial and a tribulation, intense heat — temperatures reached over 100 degrees in Central Park on the hottest day in July — alternating with gales and floods.
    — Matthew Schneier, Curbed, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Our arrival in the Madawaska River country of eastern Ontario, near Combermere, was noteworthy only for the snow flurries and marrow-chilling gales that howled down from Hudson Bay to greet us.
    — HARRY H. EDEL, Outdoor Life, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of gales
Noun
  • Deaton was well-prepared, brought the fire, and landed a number of blows that at times appeared to make Markey wince.
    — Jon Keller, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The two countries have been trading blows on energy infrastructure.
    — Justina Lee, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of blows
Noun
  • South winds will increase to around 15–20 mph, with occasional higher gusts.
    — Michael Autovino, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Between Thursday afternoon and Friday afternoon, large swaths of Southern California will see sustained winds of 20 to 40 mph and gusts from 40 to 60 mph, according to Ryan Kittell, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard.
    — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of gusts
Noun
  • Firefighters battled intense winds, with gusts reaching up to 62 mph, as flames spread beyond the installation.
    — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The women face these challenges amid shifting winds of optimism and despair.
    — Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of winds
Noun
  • In Homer’s Odyssey, the Greek hero Odysseus must overcome tempests, temptations, mythical monsters, and divine wrath to sail home to the island of Ithaca after the Trojan War.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 July 2026
  • One version of the nation’s history anchors itself in the efforts to navigate those tempests, to better the imperfect tools bequeathed to us by imperfect men.
    — Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Definition of tempests
Noun
  • Its squalls are as big as those of shoegaze, but you could never get lost in them.
    — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Whatever the squalls raging about, those few small blocks structured and shaped the daily lives of Venice’s Jewish population.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of squalls
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