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A sort of tempest arose on the 3rd of November, the squall knocking the vessel about with fury, and the waves running high.†
Chpt 18 *
Passepartout remained on deck as long as the tempest lasted, being unable to remain quiet below, and taking it into his head to aid the progress of the ship by lending a hand with the crew.†
Chpt 18
The barometer announced a speedy change, the mercury rising and falling capriciously; the sea also, in the south-east, raised long surges which indicated a tempest.†
Chpt 21
At night the tempest increased in violence.†
Chpt 21
The tempest still raged with undiminished fury; but the wind now returned to the south-east.†
Chpt 21
The tempest had been as brief as terrific.†
Chpt 21
Aouda, despite the storm, kept coming out of the waiting-room, going to the end of the platform, and peering through the tempest of snow, as if to pierce the mist which narrowed the horizon around her, and to hear, if possible, some welcome sound.†
Chpt 30
The breeze little by little swelled into a tempest, and it was to be feared that the Henrietta might not be able to maintain herself upright on the waves.†
Chpt 33
The wind, however, did not grow as boisterous as might have been feared; it was not one of those tempests which burst, and rush on with a speed of ninety miles an hour.†
Chpt 33

Definitions:

(1) (tempest)
a violent commotion or disturbance -- especially a violent storm or emotional outburst

The expression tempest in a teapot describes people as being upset over an unimportant matter.
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)