storm clouds

Those storm clouds that have hovered over the Dodgers’ pitching staff this season?

On Tuesday, however, the storm clouds hovering over the staff might have finally — or at least partially — begun to clear.

In the northern hemisphere, waterspouts are most common in late summer and through the autumn, when sea temperatures are at their highest, fuelling the storm clouds.

“The dark storm clouds threatening the economy have moved in from off shore suddenly and are very, very real,” said Christopher Rupkey, chief economist at Fwdbonds, an economic and markets research firm.

But 80 years on from D-Day, storm clouds hang heavy over Europe.