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The derecho weakened considerably when the July 2011 Iowa-Illinois-Michigan-Ohio derecho sucked the instability and moisture from the storm over Lake Michigan. The derecho traveled more than 400 miles (640 km) and produced nine tornadoes in North Dakota and Western Minnesota.
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Aug 10, 2021 · The derecho — pronounced duh-RAY-cho — formed the morning of Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, in northern Nebraska and southeast South Dakota, gaining strength as it raced east. By the time it hit...
The August 2020 Midwest derecho was a powerful derecho affecting the Midwestern United States on August 10–11, 2020, primarily eastern Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana. It caused high winds and spawned an outbreak of weak tornadoes. Some areas reported torrential rain and large hail. [2] [7] [1]
Aug 9, 2021 · In 14 hours, the derecho caused an estimated $11.5 billion in damage across the 770 miles it traveled. Four deaths were blamed on the storm complex.
Oct 19, 2020 · A derecho that hit the Midwest in August caused $7.5 billion in damage. It's the costliest single-day severe thunderstorm event to strike the U.S. since 1980.
A derecho (/ ˈ d ɛ r ə tʃ oʊ /, from Spanish: derecho [deˈɾetʃo], 'straight') [1] is a widespread, long-lived, straight-line wind storm that is associated with a fast-moving group of severe thunderstorms known as a mesoscale convective system.
Aug 10, 2021 · Iowan Nick Bergus remembers being caught off guard by the derecho that pummeled his home state on Aug. 10, 2020, with hurricane-force winds, leaving billions of dollars in damage in its...
