How to Use derecho in a Sentence

derecho

noun

• Straight-line winds from the derecho reached speeds of 97 mph.
  — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 15 June 2022
• Hart said the destruction was made worse due to the width of the derecho.
  — Bill Kirkos, CNN, 21 Aug. 2020
• By the end of the day, the derecho had traveled about 500 miles.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 5 July 2022
• The derecho blew in from Iowa, where winds surpassed 100 mph.
  — Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas, chicagotribune.com, 11 Aug. 2020
• In its simplest terms, a derecho is based on the principle that warm air rises and cold air falls.
  — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 July 2021
• Twain blew like a derecho into Paris on a Saturday as evening fell.
  — Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 5 June 2025
• The severe line of thunderstorms may have met the criteria for a derecho.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2020
• Early reports showed winds reached 99 mph in Gary in a storm system called a derecho.
  — Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 14 Aug. 2026
• There's also the chance of a derecho forming across the region, forecasters warned.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 15 June 2023
• Not all derechos are created equal and the 2012 case was at the high end of the spectrum.
  — Jeff Halverson, Washington Post, 14 May 2018
• The million-dollar question is whether the storms will end up being classified as a derecho.
  — Jennifer Gray, CNN, 27 Feb. 2023
• For Rush, the crisis is a repeat of the derecho in May, when her home didn’t have power for six days.
  — Dalia Faheid, CNN, 13 July 2024
• The derecho's winds peaked at 40 meters per second, well below that threshold.
  — Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2025
• The damage this time was from a derecho, a line of intense and fast-moving windstorms marauding across the prairie.
  — Will Wright, chicagotribune.com, 15 Aug. 2020
• Later in the evening, the storms could grow into a derecho—a fast-moving windstorm that can cause widespread damage.
  — Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
• Large thunderstorms or chains of them moving across a region can cause large swaths of strong wind over 60 mph, called a derecho.
  — Chris Nowotarski, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2025
• Last year, a derecho caused major destruction in parts of Iowa and Illinois.
  — Daniel Manzo, ABC News, 28 July 2021
• And, of course, getting any sort of a derecho is rare in the much drier western third of the United States.
  — Chris Bianchi, The Denver Post, 7 June 2020
• During the height of the storm, there were a few cloud-to-ground lightning strikes, but nothing crazy like the 2012 derecho.
  — Kevin Ambrose, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
• The storm was classified as a derecho, Izzi said, and tornadoes were embedded with it.
  — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
• The senior forward had just arrived on campus in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, when a derecho blew through the town.
  — Matt Le Cren, chicagotribune.com, 8 Dec. 2020
• Along with the derecho, 11 tornadoes were confirmed in Illinois from that one storm system.
  — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
• Early estimates say the derecho flattened at least one-third of Iowa's crops – about 10 million acres.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2020
• The 2020 derecho had winds nearly twice the speed required by the NWS.
  — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
• The derecho affected some 14 million crop acres, or 57% of Iowa's area planted.
  — Tom Polansek, Star Tribune, 11 Sep. 2020
• Keeping the fridge going and the fans spinning is perhaps most important amid extreme heat, as the 2012 derecho showed.
  — Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 10 Sep. 2021
• The after image shows the view from space early on May 18, after the derecho had knocked out power to large parts of Houston.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2024
• Gensini said this derecho will go down as one of the strongest in recent history and be one of the nation's worst weather events of 2020.
  — CBS News, 11 Aug. 2020
• Crews from elsewhere helping Portage recover from last week’s major derecho have experience with storm damage down south.
  — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
• Cedar Rapids has made the restoration of its tree canopy a priority since that storm, called a derecho, and will receive $6 million in funding through the new grants.
  — Scott McFettridge, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2023