WASHINGTON — Severe weather headed for central and Southeastern parts of the U.S. could cause a rare weather event called a derecho. The term for the widespread wind event derives from the Spanish ...

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 ...

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 ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — One sign of spring is severe weather becoming more common. Not only do we keep an eye on the ...

Over the next few weeks Michigan will be positioned in the severe thunderstorm zone of the current upper-air pattern. Here’s what that means for us here in Michigan. First, before we look at the ...

Last week, thousands of residents received tornado warnings to take cover as a twister was headed their way. While that was true for Cypress and parts of Waller County, the Houston area actually ...

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 ...