A bitter blow is wanted badly (4,4)

I believe the answer is:

east wind

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'a bitter blow' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both types of natural phenomena as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'is wanted badly' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates anagramming the letters (letters in the wrong order).
'is'+'wanted'='iswanted'
'iswanted' anagrammed gives 'EAST WIND'.

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(Another definition for east wind that I've seen is " Chilly air current".)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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