WEST MICHIGAN — In the early morning hours of May 31 in 1998, West Michigan was struck by a destructive derecho. This Friday marks 26 years since the historic event. According to the National Weather ...
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 ...
Clockwise from top left: Images of the 2020 Midwest Derecho from radar and microwave satellite observations show similar patterns, which are obscured in infrared brightness satellite observations. A ...