A follower endures storms (6)
I believe the answer is:
blasts
'storms' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'a follower endures' is the wordplay.
'a follower' becomes 'b' ('b' is the follower of 'a' in the alphabet).
'endures' becomes 'lasts' ('last' can be a synonym of 'endure').
'b'+'lasts'='BLASTS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for blasts that I've seen before include "Attacks vituperatively" , "curses" , "Explosions" .)