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Severe blows as Musk's company's close to chaos for the second time (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

twisters

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'severe blows' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both types of natural phenomena as well as being plural nouns.
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(Other definitions for twisters that I've seen before include "Devious characters" , "See 14" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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