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A shelf cloud along the leading edge of a derecho in Minnesota Damage caused by a derecho in Barga, Italy. A derecho (/ ˈ d ɛ r ə tʃ oʊ /, from Spanish: derecho [deˈɾetʃo], 'straight') [1] is a widespread, long-lived, straight-line wind storm that is associated with a fast-moving group of severe thunderstorms known as a mesoscale ...
A derecho is a significant, potentially destructive weather event that is characterized as having widespread, long-lived, straight-line winds associated with a fast-moving group of severe ...
Multiple tornadoes and thunderstorms that struck the Great Plains and upper Midwest on Dec. 15 were the result of a rare event called a derecho, according to the National Weather Service’s Storm ...
First Named Derecho: July 31, 1877: The severe windstorm crossing Iowa that Prof. Gustavus Hinrichs identified as something special, and named the "derecho" for its straight (rather than spiraling) winds. [1] 1965 Chicago Derecho: August 26–27, 1965 [2] Ohio Fireworks Derecho: July 4, 1969 [3] 1977 Southern – Mid-Atlantic derecho: June 6 ...
The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls classified the storm system as a derecho — a meteorological phenomenon not centered around South Dakota since June 2020, when a ... The term 'derecho ...
The Criminal Code is a fundamental law of the Spanish criminal law, because it is a limit to the ius puniendi (or «right to punish») of the State. The Code was enacted by the Spanish Parliament on 8 November 1995 [1] and it was published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) on 23 November. [2] The Code is in force since 25 May 1996. [2]
One such derecho may be evolving over part of the Ohio Valley on Thursday afternoon. In simple terms, a derecho behaves like an inland hurricane with a large batch of damaging winds and heavy ...
Although derecho can sometimes mean "right", in this context, its usual meaning of "straight", is applicable, probably shortened from "viento derecho" (straight-line wind). There's no sense in this wind being named "right". Tmangray 23:46, 14 June 2008 (UTC). Derecho is Spanish for right; recto is Spanish for straight.