Protest loudly at the storm noise (7)
I believe the answer is:
thunder
'storm noise' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
I don't understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for thunder that I've seen before include "Big noise" , "Atmospheric booms" , "Speak in booming voice" , "Storm noise" , "Hurt Ned (anag) - loud noise" .)