TIL about "derecho" storms that have no eye and move in a straight line (www.9news.com)

submitted 2 years ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to c/til@lemmy.ca

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"The storm has no eye, and its powerful winds come across in a line. That can cause widespread overall damage and smaller pockets of severe damage.

To be classified as a derecho by the National Weather Service, the storms must have wind gusts of 57 mph or greater and wind damage from the storm must span at least 400 miles."

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[-] FrickAndMortar@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

The Midwest US had a big derecho that blew through a couple years ago and knocked over probably half the trees in my part of the state. Some communities were without power for weeks, it was a mess.

[-] ickplant@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Damn, that's wild. I'm in CO, and apparently we've only ever had one. It's too dry here and the mountains break them up.

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