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.
(..) to get you back. I can restore your status at Wheeler. I can let the world know what you did. But I need you now, soldier. I was so scared you weren't real. There's a storm coming. I'm just going to grab the laundry. I'll draw his bath. It's okay. Okay. John! (..)2001 A Beautiful Mind