storm centre

British  

noun

1. the centre of a cyclonic storm, etc, where pressure is lowest

2. the centre of any disturbance or trouble

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Example Sentences

Now, a global storm centres on similarly angry people – men, very often – in such US states as Ohio.

From The Guardian

Peking is still the storm centre—the local Youth League leaders were all replaced this week—but the dragnet is widening to Shanghai, to Nanking and as far out as Kweichow and Yunnan.

From Economist

Winds whip the surface into peaks which race away from the storm centre and over time transform into swell that rolls along under its own steam.

From BBC

Since the wind circulates counter-clockwise in the northern hemisphere, the rule in that hemisphere is to face the wind, and the storm centre will be at the right hand.

From Project Gutenberg

Where she sat so still was the storm centre of emotion in the house, and when his eyes approached her they caught the nerve shock that shook his whole system and spoiled his fine work.

From Project Gutenberg