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 ...

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 ...

The experts now say the powerful storm that rolled over Iowa Monday night and into Tuesday was a derecho, an exceptionally long-lasting and damaging wind storm, which some call a land hurricane. Winds ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A derecho is possible across the Dakotas and central and southern Minnesota about midday Monday into Monday night, bringing a significant wind threat. Wind gusts over 75 mph are possible ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - Wednesday morning’s storms packed 30 to 50 mph wind gusts, heavy rain and lightning, but it was nothing like the storms that moved through parts of Iowa late Monday night and ...

Derechos are storms that can generate winds over 58 miles per hour across an area more than 250 miles wide Derechos are rare in Massachusetts and New England, but they can happen, and have occurred in ...

Thunderstorms expected to develop in the late afternoon on July 28 could combine to form a derecho over eastern South Dakota, according to the National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center. The ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Five years ago, destructive prolonged wind gusts of up to 140 mph blew through Iowa, felling trees, ...

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 ...