What is a derecho? These 'inland hurricanes' can cause tremendous damage Sometimes referred to as an inland hurricane, derechos are among weather's most destructive phenomena. And there's one ...

A derecho — a destructive thunderstorm squall line with hurricane-force winds — may hit the northern Plains and Upper Midwest on Monday. The National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction ...

A derecho is "likely," according to the Storm Prediction Center — and top meteorologists are warning that wind gusts could reach 100 mph along its path through Minnesota.

The most intense storms, with wind gusts potentially exceeding 75 m.p.h., were forecast for central and eastern South Dakota, southwestern Minnesota and northern Iowa.

The National Weather Service has preliminarily classified overnight storms from the Upper Plains to the Midwest as a derecho. The term describes a long-lived line of storms with extreme winds. The ...

Todd Heitkamp, a National Weather Service meteorologist, said the line of storms appeared to coalesce into a derecho around Sioux Falls.

A fierce and long-lasting line of severe thunderstorms called a derecho is likely to tear across the Northern Plains to kick off the week, causing damage to trees, structures and knocking out ...

A December 2021 derecho in the Great Plains and Upper Midwest spawned at least 45 tornadoes, caused widespread damage and killed at least five people. The overnight storms didn't drop as much rain ...