A derecho is a large cluster of thunderstorms that most commonly forms in late spring and summer, and causes widespread destruction to trees, power lines and sometimes structures. Here's what this ...

— -- So what's up with the U.S. weather this year, a warm winter, early droughts and a multistate "derecho" windstorm before July. Is global warming cooking our goose with extreme weather events, ...

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 ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Today is the 50th anniversary of the Ohio Fireworks Derecho, which hit the area on July 4, 1969. This is considered to be one of the most historic and devastating storms in Ohio's ...

A powerful band of severe storms that ripped through central Pennsylvania Tuesday evening reached a rare level of intensity, experts say. The storm, which left tens of thousands in Centre County ...

A year after deadly winds shattered skyscraper windows, toppled trees and caused widespread power outages across Houston, many homes still bear the marks of the derecho's destruction. The estimated ...

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 ...

DYSART, Iowa --- The violent wind Monday introduced many people to a new term. "Did you hear they have a word for this?" said Theresa Lowe of rural Tama County. Derecho. Lowe and her husband, Tom, ...

A perfect storm of storms swept across southwestern Pennsylvania Tuesday. It wasn’t a tornado. It wasn’t a microburst. It was a line of fast-moving thunderstorms that began in western Ohio and ...

Prolonged wind events that unleash heavy rainfall and travel far distances sometimes qualify as derechos. Derechos can happen almost anywhere in the United States but are most common in the central ...