The air was dark and filled with a sense that a storm might break at any moment.
Only then does the storm finally break and the rain begin to fall.
The storm was gathering, but did not break until after his death.
In fact, the storm couldn't have broken at a better time.
"How far might he have got before the storm broke?"
Finally she decided to write - and the storm broke.
When the storm broke, he'd be a long way off.
The storm had broken minutes before, but this was the first of it to reach ground level.
The storm had broken, and with it a new light broke on his mind.
It was a beautiful day, now that the storm had broken.