A severe weather system tore across the South on March 14 and 15, 2025, producing a derecho with winds reaching 110 mph ...

What is a derecho, the type of storm that caused widespread damage across Oklahoma overnight?

This year’s tally of tornadoes in northern Illinois and northwest Indiana is already the third highest since recordkeeping ...

Chicago storms met derecho criteria, bringing widespread wind damage. Here’s what a derecho is and how these systems form.

A derecho is a large damage-producing wind event that can travel for hundreds of miles. These fast-moving bands of storms pack significant destructive winds that can rip down buildings, topple trees, ...

A powerful derecho, which is a form of widespread, long-lived wind storm, swept through Oklahoma, causing widespread damage ...

National Weather Service officials said the line of storms that moved through overnight will be preliminarily classified as a ...

Derechos are fast-moving, long-lived windstorms capable of producing widespread damage over hundreds of miles—here's what makes them unique.

The Storm Prediction Center has classified Monday’s (June 29, 2026) destructive storms in South Dakota as a “mini derecho.” A ...

Learn how the June 29, 2012 derecho brought hurricane-force winds, massive power outages, and widespread destruction to ...

A combination of fierce weather and a lack of communication made this event one of the deadliest derechos locally, dropping ...

This derecho struck the evening of the Fourth of July with at least 46 deaths and over 550 injuries. Over 10,000 homes ...