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Derecho sweeps through northern Iowa, marking the state's fourth in less than two years
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWeather officials confirmed a derecho struck Iowa on Tuesday — the fourth one in the state in less...
Surreal photos show how storms and natural disasters are changing the color of sky around the world
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe sky turned green during a derecho in South Dakota (L). The sky turned orange during wildfires in...
Today marks 2 years since devastating Aug. 10 derecho slammed Iowa
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe straight-line wind storm, which produced severe wind damage across portions of eight Midwestern...
New Bayer short corn variety stands up to high winds, but not over 100 mph
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 17 hours agoBayer's Preceon variety of short stature corn has been shown to withstand up to 75 mph winds (120...
Derecho barrels through northern Plains, Midwest injuring at least 4
AccuWeather via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA line of powerful thunderstorms, dubbed a derecho by the Storm Prediction Center (SPC), barreled...
What is a derecho and why is it so destructive?
CNN via AOL· 11 months agoA derecho is a significant, potentially destructive weather event that is characterized as having widespread, long-lived, straight-line winds associated...
It's been 10 years since a destructive derecho tore through the DC area
AccuWeather via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJune 29, 2012, is a difficult day for those in and around Washington, D.C., to forget. On that day,...
EXPLAINER: Windstorm was likely a derecho. What is that?
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA long line of quick-moving thunderstorms that produced a swath of damaging wind gusts across...
The famous Derecho of May 30-31, 1998
WOOD via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — May 31, 2024 is the 26th anniversary of the famous “derecho” thunderstorm outbreak of 1998. A derecho (Spanish for...
May tornadoes, derecho storm cause nearly $6 billion in damage
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 week agoThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said there had been 11 confirmed disasters so...