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 ...

Thunderstorms that swept across eastern South Dakota during the afternoon and evening of July 28 likely combined to form a derecho. Todd Heitkamp, meteorologist-in-charge at the National Weather ...

What is a derecho? The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration defines a derecho (duh-RAY'-choh) as "a widespread, long-lived wind storm that is associated with a band of rapidly moving ...

Before that, another derecho hit New England in July 1995, which caused damage across southern Vermont, southern New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.

A derecho is a large cluster of thunderstorms that most commonly forms in late spring and summer, and causes widespread destruction to trees, power lines and sometimes structures. Here's what this ...

A 2020 derecho killed four people and caused $11 billion worth of damages in the Midwest, making it the most expensive thunderstorm in modern U.S. history. How do you stay safe during a derecho?

By definition, a derecho should have winds that persist for at least six hours; however, they can last much longer. The 2020 Midwest derecho lasted for 14 hours.

Capital Weather Gang Iowa derecho in August was most costly thunderstorm disaster in U.S. history NOAA estimates damage at $7.5 billion, higher than many hurricanes.