It's a type of severe weather that doesn't come up often, but it can be just as threatening as a tornado. It's called a derecho. Derechos are clusters of violent storms spanning at least 240 miles.

Violent weather hit several Midwest states over the weekend, with high winds being blamed for the death of at least one person in Nebraska and flash flooding prompting a state of emergency in ...

“They call F5 tornadoes the ‘finger of God.’ Few have stared one in the face and survived,” said the late Bill Paxton’s character in the movie “Twister.” The “finger of God” nickname originated after ...