storm centre

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

the centre of any disturbance or trouble

Words nearby storm centre

Lady Crawleigh steered a course round the storm-centre and approached the stranger with the outstretched hand of hurried welcome.

Lady Lilith |Stephen McKenna
In fact, by the opening months of 1920, the storm-centre had shifted to the Ottoman Empire.

The New World of Islam |Lothrop Stoddard
At the present time Africa seems to be the storm-centre for all the warring foreign powers.

The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 53, November 11, 1897 |Various
The Rock, which was the "storm-centre" of all those clouds of war, is surely worth the attention of the passing traveller.

Gibraltar |Henry M. Field

It was a storm-centre, and the storms were often fierce; and the merchants were often compelled to meet force with force.

The Story of Madras |Glyn Barlow