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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...
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...
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...
What is a derecho and why is it so destructive?
CNN via AOL· 10 months agoA derecho is a significant, potentially destructive weather event that is characterized as having widespread, long-lived, straight-line winds associated...
Farmer's Almanac predicts Iowa weather to be 'hotter and rainier than normal' this summer
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoUnpack your shorts and turn on the AC — the Farmer's Almanac and the National Weather Service...
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...
Daily rounds of severe weather to span from Plains to the Appalachians
AccuWeather via Yahoo News· 2 years agoResidents across the northern Plains, Midwest and into the Appalachians will need to remain on alert...
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...
Iowa native Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis stop at Cedar Rapids barbecue restaurant Thursday
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAshton Kutcher and Mila Kunis’ latest summer road trip pit stop? Home. The “That ‘70s Show” stars...
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 ...