The forecast is worrisome: The National Weather Service predicted late-afternoon thunderstorms would congeal into a derecho over eastern South Dakota by the evening of July 28. Then, the storm and ...

Severe weather expected to sweep across the South Wednesday had meteorologists warning about the possibility of a “rare” and violent type of thunderstorm called a derecho. The outbreak of severe ...

Last week, thousands of residents received tornado warnings to take cover as a twister was headed their way. While that was true for Cypress and parts of Waller County, the Houston area actually ...

A derecho is a significant, potentially destructive weather event that is characterized as having widespread, long-lived, straight-line winds associated with a fast-moving group of severe ...

A deadly derecho strikes central Kansas. Reporter A rare and destructive weather event—known as a derecho—is expected to pummel the northern Plains and Upper Midwest on Monday evening, bringing wind ...

Trees flattened. Homes leveled. Critical infrastructure to the region's agriculture industry destroyed. One year after a derecho, known as an "inland hurricane," roared through Iowa, destruction still ...

According to NOAA's Storm Prediction Center, a derecho is a widespread, severe windstorm. Although a derecho can produce destruction similar to a tornado, the damage typically occurs in one direction ...

Strong storms that brought hurricane-force winds to an area stretching from the Upper Plains to the Midwest have been preliminarily classified by the National Weather Service as a derecho, defined as ...

Derechos are among weather's most destructive phenomena. Many derechos have winds that can top 100 mph, causing extensive damage. 70% of all derechos occur between the months of May-August. Sometimes ...