ROANOKE, Va. – If you’ve made it this far, you’re probably thinking two things. “What is a derecho?” and “What is a meteotsunami?” 1. A derecho is a widespread windstorm. The one in 2012 was a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 2—With trees and power lines toppled across the two-state region, the remnants of Hurricane Helene packed a powerful punch.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – A decade ago Tuesday, the region was sweltering in some of the hottest temperatures ever seen in northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. The thermometer reached 106° in Fort ...

During the afternoon and evening of Friday June 29, 2012, an intense, long-lived line of thunderstorms raced eastward at nearly 60 mph from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic coast. In its wake, these ...

A derecho is a storm system that brings widespread wind damage. To be classified as a derecho, it has to have wind damage reports of at least 250 miles in length, and common wind gusts to 58 mph or ...

WASHINGTON — Five years ago Thursday, much of the D.C. region learned a new word, and we didn’t like it one bit. A rare but powerful storm called a derecho left our area reeling for days with downed ...

On June 29, 2012, a severe storm system, known as a Derecho, barreled through the Ohio Valley and the Mid-Atlantic region, leaving 4.2 million customers without electric power across 11 states and the ...

June 29, 2012, is a difficult day for those in and around Washington, D.C., to forget. On that day, an intense line of extremely gusty thunderstorms taught millions of people a new word: derecho. The ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Some have compared what happened this week when high winds moved across parts of West Virginia with the 2012 derecho. East Bank resident Darlena Gallion said Tuesday’s storm had ...

This post was originally published on June 8. This summer in Washington, we have enjoyed a derecho reprieve (so far!). However, there is another storm brewing: The basic, scientific criteria used to ...

Dayton, Ohio — Eight years ago today, a massive wind storm, known as a derecho, hit the Miami Valley and Southwest Ohio. The storm of June 29, 2012, began in the Chicago area before reaching the Miami ...