MAELSTROM

Very turbulent situation

• Eddy's mother hugging Slater wildly (9)

• Eddy's mother receiving broadcast alerts (9)

• Outer disturbance

• Pandemonium

• Powerful whirlpool

• Tumult

• Tumultuous state of affairs

• Turbulent situation

• Violent confusion of ideas or conditions

• Violent vortex

• Violent whirlpool

• Vortex

• A powerful circular current of water (usually the resulting of conflicting tides)