storm belt

British  

noun

1. an area of the earth's surface in which storms are frequent

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Example Sentences

We live on an island in the middle of the Atlantic storm belt, just offshore from a huge landmass, and thanks to this "our meteorological lot is messy and erratic, whether we like it or not".

From The Guardian • Mar. 8, 2013

The science remains utterly equivocal on how global warming might boost the longstanding peril from tornadoes in the storm belt.

From New York Times • May 27, 2011

And as the warm water spreads into the central and eastern Pacific, these storms inevitably follow in its path, moving the tropical storm belt from one part of the Pacific to another.

From Time Magazine Archive

The cold air masses created by this icecap clash with the warm winds from the ocean to churn up a storm belt that surrounds the continent, making the Southern Ocean the most treacherous sea anywhere.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

Later, when ice sheets had developed in Europe and America, the high-pressure areas thus caused might force the main storm belt so far south that it would lie over these same arid regions.

From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Huntington, Ellsworth