A"particularly dangerous situation" is unfolding across the Midwest, the Storm Prediction Center said Monday afternoon.
A very dangerous derecho is moving out of Iowa into northern Illinois, toward Chicago, prompting the SPC to issue a PDS thunderstorm watch through 7 p.m. central time Monday. 'use strict';CNN.Videx=CNN.Videx || {};CNN.Videx.mobile={};CNN.INJECTOR.executeFeature.then {CNN.VideoPlayer.
How to prepare for severe weather 01:41"PDS severe thunderstorm watches are rare, and reserved for only the strongest thunderstorm events," CNN meteorologist Brandon Miller said."Wind gusts are expected to reach up 100 mph with the line of thunderstorms as rolls across northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin."Check your local forecast hereA wind gust of a 106 mph in Marshall, Iowa, has already been reported as this storm passed through.
What is a derecho? 01:01A derecho is a widespread, long-lived wind storm associated with a band of rapidly moving showers or thunderstorms. A derecho can produce destruction similar to that of a tornado, but the damage typically occurs in one direction along a relatively straight swath. The term"straight-line wind damage" sometimes is used to describe derecho damage, says the SPC.This storm complex is within the same area that is also under a moderate risk for severe storms.
Way to NOT report on how devastating this was
We are still without power in Cedar Rapids, IA! Major damage and destruction....sending some people here to help would be great!!
I heard Trump is to blame for this
Jesus.....imagine being a private pilot in this shit storm....you'd 1000% die no if and or butts about it.... A 25mph ground wind batters the shit out of regular cars and trucks imagine a damn airborne bird and 4x the speed
First non fake news article reported by CNN in 5 years
Flee America before it is too Late! The Storm is coming The War is sounding The Trumpets are coming!
Maybe it'll blow the riff-raff, 'protesters' and progressives right into Lake Michigan...
So a gale storm ⛈
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Good! Hopefully it'll blow ALL of the the Chicago toilet into the lake
Is 'Derecho' the name of this storm or the direction it's traveling across the map? MorganKolkmeyer spanish101
What does this word mean? I’ve been a storm chaser but don’t know it. Doresho?
Hopefully it washes all the looters out to the great lakes
Watch out DC!
Sounds like new title for Sicario 3 movie Sicario :Day of the Derecho
Is this a euphemism for the peaceful protests that Chicago is having every day?
But of course, it's 2020, the year of the absurd.
Trump: Authorizes $430 million to fight sex trafficking. Fake Media: *crickets*
I suppose that explains all the looting last night around the gold coast.
I won’t die to this shit, I’m built different😈
Another gift by gop voters. Climate denial. Wow. Their stupidity is always giving us catastrophes.
Scrub that city!
for everybody else who had never heard that fucking word before
Wtf is derecho
The overwhelming poverty in Yemen, the Arab world’s most impoverished nation, has compounded the situation. Yemen BlameTrump LetThemPlay YemenCantWait
Better keep those looters informed. Way to go CNN.
Huh? 2020, the year of The Derecho!
Too bad FEMA funds are going to Donald's executive order bailout.
For every child killed by bombs and bullets, dozens are starving to death and it’s entirely preventable.” BlameTrump LetThemPlay Yemen YemenCantWait
Maybe they won’t loot and shoot each other as much if there’s bad weather? Might be a good thing.
LMAO ALL MY YEARS I AINT EVER HEARD OF A DERECHO 😂😂😂😂😂😂 I’m cryinnnnnn!!!! Lmao
Joe Biden is a 'PDS' and I am a bad dude.
We need a chainsaw here in Des Moines.
Climate change is real, and mother nature is pissed!
That is so 2020
My sister and hb had a broken balcony by a tree branch broken by this storm while moving in Urbandale IA.
Please come to Texas, please come to Texas.
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