A swath of the nation will be dealing with dueling weather threats this week as intense heat, powerful storms and a possible derecho sweep across much of the Midwest, East and South. Almost 200 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Did the wind and thunder wake you up last night? Between having an anxious dog, a toddler and a passion for following the weather... I'm definitely having a case of the Mondays! It's not everyday you ...