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• n  the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water)
• n  the first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or flight over water)

• Disaster officials have reported deaths in six provinces, including three in Quang Nam, where the storm made landfall around 2 p.
• The Category-3 storm makes landfall in Texas .
• Will an avian-flu epidemic lay waste to millions? Will terrorists strike the New York City subway system before Christmas? Where will the next hurricane make landfall? None of us .

News & Articles

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• Tsunami hit East Coast in June? Scientists say maybe.
  A tsunami may have made landfall on the US East Coast earlier in June, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Tuesday. A strong storm moved through the region and offshore that day, and scientists were trying to determine if it played a role in a possible tsunami.
  June 25, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor
• Tropical Storm Cosme forms in the Pacific
  By GABRIELLE LEVY, UPI.com Tropical Storm Cosme will likely become a hurricane Tuesday or Wednesday, but won't make landfall or threaten the western coast of Mexico.
  June 24, 2013 - UPI
• Tropical Storm Barry Makes Landfall in Mexico, Threatens Flash Flooding and Mud Slides
  Tropical Storm Barry makes landfall in Mexico, threatens flash flooding and mud slides        
  June 20, 2013 - ABC News

Quotes

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• Bobby Jindal in FOXNews
  Roughly speaking, they think there's about a one in three chance that the storm will make landfall in Louisiana,Jindal said. "We're just getting ready for the worst-case scenario."
• Karina in guardian.co.uk
  Any little jog could change where it makes landfall,said Karina Castillo, a hurricane support meteorologist at the National Hurricane Center said.
• Benjamin Franklin in International Herald Tribune
  To put this development in perspective - no tropical cyclone in the historical record has ever reached this intensity at a faster rate near landfall. It would be nice to know, someday, why this happened,Franklin said.