COLUMBUS, Ohio — A complex of strong to severe thunderstorms raced across Ohio through the afternoon and evening on Tuesday. These storms brought winds over 60 mph, with some measurements over 70 mph.

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 ...

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 ...

Another day of extreme weather is unfolding in the United States on Wednesday after violent storms roared through more than a dozen states on Tuesday and turned deadly, bringing hurricane-strength ...

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 ...

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 ...

Derechos are storms that can generate winds over 58 miles per hour across an area more than 250 miles wide Derechos are rare in Massachusetts and New England, but they can happen, and have occurred in ...

HOUSTON — Hundreds of thousands of people had damage to their homes and businesses after a powerful derecho storm slammed Southeast Texas with hurricane-force winds in May 2024. The area was still ...

— -- 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, ...

Thunderstorms that swept across eastern South Dakota during the afternoon and evening of July 28 likely combined to form a derecho. Todd Heitkamp, meteorologist-in-charge at the National Weather ...

If you've ever taken a Spanish class, you know the word "derecho" means right, when talking about directions. In a way, that definition applies to the weather term, "derecho." Storm systems most often ...