A derecho is a widespread windstorm often accompanied by rain or thunderstorms—and capable of producing destruction that rivals the strength of tornadoes. “What sets the derecho apart from the storm ...

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 ...

Monday's deadly and destructive summertime storm that wreaked havoc on the Midwest is known as a "derecho" — but what exactly is this, and where did it get its name? A derecho is "a widespread, ...

A powerful windstorm known as a derecho ripped through southeast Texas on Thursday evening, killing eight Houstonians and knocking out power for close to a million customers in Harris County. (As of ...

In a way, that definition applies to the weather term, "derecho." Storm systems most often moved from west to east (left to right) in the Northern Hemisphere. This is a widespread windstorm that ...

Weather experts are warning that Oklahoma could see one of nature's most powerful and widespread wind storms, a derecho, during the state's latest round of severe storms. Storm chaser Reed Timmer ...

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 ...

Summer in the Midwest is full of all sorts of weather events, but few pack the destructive power of a phenomenon known as a "derecho." The mass of straight-line winds can cause breathtaking damage, ...

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 ...

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 ...