eye of the hurricane
Calm amid chaos
The eye of the hurricane is the calm, roughly circular center of a tropical cyclone, where winds are light and skies often clear.
This deceptive stillness occurs because the storm rotates around this central point rather than through it.
Figuratively, the phrase describes a moment of peace amid chaos or being at the center of a turbulent situation: She remained calm, standing in the eye of the hurricane as controversy swirled around her.
- tropical stormOrganized oceanic wind system
- cycloneRotating low-pressure storm system
- typhoonWestern Pacific hurricane
- calm before the stormDeceptive peace preceding turmoil
- lullTemporary period of quiet
inner peace · tranquility · stillness · equilibrium · serenity · respite · wind shear · balance · trade winds · barometric pressure · dead calm · wall cloud · jet stream · Gulf Stream · evacuation plan · emergency broadcast · convection currents · tropical waters
eye of the hurricaneeyewall
Hurricane's central windband
storm surge · hurricane winds · rain bands · vortex · gale force winds
eye of the hurricaneground zero
Explosion's central impact point
in the trenches · pandemonium · turmoil · bedlam · baptism by fire