His racial comments 'kicked/whipped/stirred up a storm' in the newspapers. [=newspapers criticized his racial comments very strongly]
The college was quiet that morning, but it was 'the calm before the storm'. Thousands of students would arrive later.
Newspapers have 'weathered the storm' of online information by providing news online themselves.
(..) from here to the rope. I've never woken up in handcuffs before. I have. Naked. A storm is coming. Well... we've still got a moment. - Moriarty... - What? That's his name. And he is a professor. (..)2009 Sherlock Holmes
(..) to be possessed outside you cell. Your reputation and the inmates fear did the rest. Others required more elaborate preparations. It was sand storm slab that covered your tomb. you had it broken before your burial then put back together using a mild adhesive. An ancient Egyptian recipe, I believe. (..)2009 Sherlock Holmes