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The tornado outbreak of February 28 – March 1, 2017 was a widespread and significant outbreak of tornadoes and severe weather that affected the Midwestern United States at the end of February 2017 and beginning of March. Fueled by the combination of ample instability, strong wind shear, and rich low-level moisture, the event led to 71 ...
The final tornado event of 2017 consisted of a small outbreak of 9 tornadoes that affected the Southern United States on December 19 and 20. Two EF2 tornadoes touched down in Texas on December 19, the first of which downed trees and concrete power poles near the town of Rusk , as well as damaging several roofs and outbuildings.
The tornado then continued eastward across unpopulated marshy areas before dissipating over Lake Borgne. [31] In all, the tornado significantly damaged or destroyed at least 638 homes and 40 businesses along its 10.1-mile-long (16.3 km) path, and hundreds of trees and power poles were snapped.
A derecho is a long-lived complex of thunderstorms that produces widespread wind gusts over 58 mph over an area at least 400 miles long. The Midwest is one of the areas of the United States where ...
The derecho caused widespread wind damage from Iowa to Indiana and produced the tornado that hit the Des Moines metro. Storms spawning a EF1 tornado in Iowa on Monday were part of a derecho. What ...
A prolific and deadly winter tornado outbreak struck areas across the Southeast United States between January 21–23, 2017. Lasting just under two days, the outbreak produced a total of 81 tornadoes, cementing its status as the second-largest January tornado outbreak and the third-largest winter tornado outbreak since 1950.
An intense derecho -- a rapidly-moving thunderstorm complex that produces widespread wind damage -- cut power to nearly 1 million households and caused 11 deaths in the Canadian provinces of ...
August 2017 Middle Europe derecho series: 10–12 August 2017: 10–11 August: A strong mesoscale system formed in central Austria at about 10 pm on August 10. The storm crossed eastern Czechia and central Poland during the night and hit Warsaw at about 7 am on August 11. At least one person was dead because of storm wind gusts.