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What is a derecho and why is it so destructive?
CNN via AOL· 9 months agoA derecho is a significant, potentially destructive weather event that is characterized as having widespread, long-lived, straight-line winds associated...
AccuWeather forecasters warn of derecho risk in central US
AccuWeather via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAccuWeather meteorologists are monitoring the potential for a high-powered, long-tracking and...
It's been 10 years since a destructive derecho tore through the DC area
AccuWeather via AOL· 2 years agoJune 29, 2012, is a difficult day for those in and around Washington, D.C., to forget. On that day,...
AccuWeather forecasters warn of potential derecho for Midwest, mid-Atlantic
AccuWeather via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSevere thunderstorms are forecast to rumble through an area of the United States that covers...
NWS confirms derecho swept through southeastern South Dakota with winds up to 99 mph
Argus Leader via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor the second time since mid-May, residents of southeastern South Dakota, including Sioux Falls,...
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? Is it different from a tornado? Get to know these South Dakota weather terms
Argus Leader via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe term derecho (duh-RAY'-choh) was coined in 1888, according to the National Oceanic and...
Death toll rises in Canada after derecho leaves widespread destruction
AccuWeather via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMassive power outages and at least ten casualties were the result of a powerful thunderstorm...
Derechos are 'rare' and 'violent' storms that span hundreds of miles. Here's what to know
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 10 months agoSevere weather expected to sweep across the South Wednesday had meteorologists warning about the...
Derecho 10 years later: Newark officials emphasize emergency preparedness
Newark Advocate via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA decade after a derecho swept through central Ohio, leaving thousands without electricity for days,...