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Houston hit by more severe weather as Texas closes out a May full of storms
Washington Post· 6 days agoAbout 300,000 customers were without power Friday morning, mostly in East Texas and around Houston....
The famous Derecho of May 30-31, 1998
WOOD via Yahoo News· 7 days agoGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — May 31, 2024 is the 26th anniversary of the famous “derecho” thunderstorm outbreak of 1998. A derecho (Spanish for “straight...
Forget Crowded Airport Lines. Worry About Thunderstorms and Derechos This Summer.
The Wall Street Journal· 2 days agoTRAVEL Thunderstorms and sudden, unpredictable wind storms called derechos are becoming a bigger...
Good Question: Tornado or Straight-Line Winds?
KADN· 6 hours agoMost recently, storms caused damage in Tangipahoa Parish, which is near New Orleans, on Wednesday, June 5. It has been an incredibly active spring with...
Seven years after Harvey, Houston was caught off guard by derecho. Should it have been?
The Raw Story· 3 days agoThis article first appeared on Houston Landing and is republished here under a Creative Commons...
National Weather Service increases tornado count from last week's derecho that hit Omaha area
KETV 7 Omaha· 6 days agoThe National Weather Service has updated the tornado count from last Friday's derecho.
ABC13 viewers still waiting for FEMA's help, weeks after May's destructive storms
ABC13 Houston· 2 hours agoWe may have flipped the calendar to June, but there are still people who are trying to recover from...
City of Houston says debris collection from May 16 storm could take three months | Houston Public...
Houston Public Media· 1 day agoGreaser attributes their increased presence to the large piles of downed trees, limbs and other...
Houston mayor defends comments about Gulfton residents
Axios· 7 days agoMayor John Whitmire defended himself Wednesday after saying Gulfton residents are "largely...
Recovery Efforts Underway In Downtown Houston After Weeks Of Inclement Weather
Houston Press· 2 days agoRoughly two weeks after a derecho hit the Houston area, Downtown is still reeling from the storm’s...