Many people may have never heard of a derecho. A derecho (pronounced similar to “deh-REY-cho”) is a widespread, long-lived wind storm that is associated with a band of rapidly moving showers or ...

Severe storms — thunderstorms that produce tornadoes, hail at least one inch in diameter, or damaging winds (58 mph or higher) — are destructive and deadly. They cause an average of 200 deaths ...

The heat and last month's derecho storm combined to do a number on the Salem Fair's numbers, knocking attendance down by an estimated 15 percent compared with last year. But the event remained plenty ...