A derecho is a significant, potentially destructive weather event that is characterized as having widespread, long-lived, straight-line winds associated with a fast-moving group of severe ...

The word invokes just as much trepidation as "hurricane" or "tornado" to those who know the power of a derecho, but what's behind this uncommon form of severe weather? A derecho is defined as a ...

They can include peer-led training groups, mentor relationships, workshops from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and ...

Monday's deadly and destructive summertime storm that wreaked havoc on the Midwest is known as a "derecho" — but what exactly is this, and where did it get its name? A derecho is "a widespread, ...

A rare storm phenomena called derecho is expected to cross many states Sunday night and into Monday morning. It could pack winds near 100 mph across Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and into ...

The forecast is worrisome: The National Weather Service predicted late-afternoon thunderstorms would congeal into a derecho over eastern South Dakota by the evening of July 28. Then, the storm and ...

In a way, that definition applies to the weather term, "derecho." Storm systems most often moved from west to east (left to right) in the Northern Hemisphere. This is a widespread windstorm that ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Strong storms that brought hurricane-force winds to an area stretching from the Upper Plains to the ...

The tribe estimates it spent up to $2 million on relief in the wake of the powerful storm. The Federal Emergency Management ...