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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...
What is a derecho? These 'inland hurricanes' can cause tremendous damage
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSometimes referred to as an inland hurricane, derechos are among weather's most destructive...
The term 'derecho' disappeared for nearly a century. They strike eastern SD every other year
The Daily Republic, Mitchell, S.D. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMay 20—SIOUX FALLS — Last Thursday's derecho quite literally swept across eastern South Dakota, bringing straight-line winds of over 100 mph that damaged everything from trees and outbuildings ...
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...
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· 10 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 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...
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...