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Boundary Waters-Canadian Derecho: July 4–5, 1999 [13] People Chaser Derecho: May 27–28, 2001: Affected Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas on the evening of May 27 into May 28. The strongest winds reached 100 mph (160 km/h) near Garden City, Kansas. One fatality and four injuries, alongside over 150,000 power outages in Oklahoma. [14]
At least three people were injured by the storms in the Kansas City Metro Area. St. Pius X High School and Oak Hill Day School were closed on Friday as a result of the storm. [89] It was later confirmed that much of the damage was caused by two strong tornadoes that were embedded inside the derecho; an EF2 in Gladstone and an EF3 in Brookridge.
A total of 13 people were killed; 7 by tornadoes and 6 by the derecho. [clarification needed] Over two million people lost electrical power, some for up to 10 days. The derecho was the most violent line of thunderstorms observed on earth during the 1998 calendar year according to the National Weather Service review shortly after the year was ...
The storm killed at least 5 people directly, as well as 2 people indirectly through wildfires partly spawned by the storm, and caused at least $1.8 billion (2021 USD) in damages. [4] The number of tornadoes in this event broke a record for largest outbreak in the month of December that had been set less than a week prior. The event also became ...
At least seven people were killed by the storms, dubbed the Houston derecho by the National Weather Service, [7] which brought winds up to 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) along with four tornadoes. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ]
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The derecho over Indiana on June 29. Composite radar image as the storm moved from Indiana to Virginia. The June 2012 Mid-Atlantic and Midwest derecho was one of the deadliest and most destructive fast-moving severe thunderstorm complexes in North American history.
Walter Triplett Jr. is a former bouncer convicted of killing Michael Corrado during a bar fight in 2009. He grew up in Cleveland with his twin sister, Waltonya Triplett, and their two older siblings.