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User_gary Posted 17 years ago
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Slated to make landfall
Ahmedabad/Panaji, Nov 11 (IANS) About 80 fishing trawlers, with an average of 10 men in each, are missing in cyclone-hit Arabian Sea, organisations of fishermen along India's west coast said Wednesday.
As Cyclone Phyan intensified and tore northwards, slated to make landfall along the north Maharashtra-south Gujarat coast late Wednesday night, there were reports of boats missing at sea, despite repeated warnings from the authorities over the last few days that no fisherman should venture out.
Gopal Tandel, president of the Daman Machimar Sangh (fishermen's association), told IANS: 'Fifty fishing boats with a total estimated complement of about 500 fishermen are still out at sea and are on the path of the cyclone headed this way.' Daman is a small coastal enclave on the Gujarat coast.
Please explain to me the meaning of "slated to make landfall" in this context.
I know "slate" means a thin rock, and "landfall" means an area that is seen after a long sea or air journey. But I cannot understand it together.
Source : http://in.news.yahoo.com/32/20091110/1053/tnl-anti-cpi-m-wave-sweeps-bengal-in-ass.html
As Cyclone Phyan intensified and tore northwards, slated to make landfall along the north Maharashtra-south Gujarat coast late Wednesday night, there were reports of boats missing at sea, despite repeated warnings from the authorities over the last few days that no fisherman should venture out.
Gopal Tandel, president of the Daman Machimar Sangh (fishermen's association), told IANS: 'Fifty fishing boats with a total estimated complement of about 500 fishermen are still out at sea and are on the path of the cyclone headed this way.' Daman is a small coastal enclave on the Gujarat coast.
Please explain to me the meaning of "slated to make landfall" in this context.
I know "slate" means a thin rock, and "landfall" means an area that is seen after a long sea or air journey. But I cannot understand it together.
Source : http://in.news.yahoo.com/32/20091110/1053/tnl-anti-cpi-m-wave-sweeps-bengal-in-ass.html
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As you can see from the ending in the word slated, it is a verb in the text. It means about the same as estimated or scheduled. People estimated that the storm would reach the coast late Wednesday night.
- As you can see from the ending in the word slated, it is a verb in the text.
- It means about the same as estimated or scheduled.
- People estimated that the storm would reach the coast late Wednesday night.
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As you can see from the ending in the word slated, it is a verb in the text. It means about the same as estimated or scheduled. People estimated that the storm would reach the coast late Wednesday night.
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Thanks for your reply. Could you also please tell me what "make landfall" or "landfall" means in this context?
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User_garyThanks for your reply. Could you also please tell me what "make landfall" or "landfall" means in this context?I have already done that: to reach the coast.
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