Deadly derecho sweeps across the Midwest, several tornadoes reported

Published 2024-07-16
A deadly and destructive derecho blasted across the Midwest on Monday, packing wind gusts at over 100 mph. Several tornadoes caused damage to communities on the storm's nearly 500 mile long path. FOX 9’s meteorologist Cody Matz has more.

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All Comments (14)
  • @yakbreeder
    1:53 That trash bin accelerated faster than the car following it.
  • @davestagner
    I got caught in a car during the south Minneapolis derecho of 2013. That was wild. Got off the road in the shadow of a commercial building and watched trees blowing down along the street in front of us. Had to pick our way through whatever unblocked streets we could find to get home. Every curb tree on our end of the block was down; several cars were smashed.
  • @edbouhl3100
    Looks like there’s enough heat and instability that extreme weather can spin up nearly anywhere anytime.
  • I live near Chicago. It was real bad here, my garbage can blew way. Very terrifying I could not get into my basement, have broken hip, so I can't move fast. Where I am reports of tornadoes around my place. Also reports of 10 tornadoes on the ground at once. Lost power for about 6 hours and consider myself lucky. Condolences to the family of the lady in Cedar Lake.
  • @PJBovio
    We got a pretty good storm the other night, but that's it. We rarely have interesting weather around here. 😡😡
  • @EV-hi9lr
    O onow ceader lake indiania got bad
  • @EV-hi9lr
    Shore wood illinois confirm tornado yikes. . Seriens went off down south by me was so scarey manyenio il had conform tonado yikes
  • They named it derecho, meaning “right” in Spanish. They’ll do anything to vilify the right. This time Latinos are their target audience.
  • @EV-hi9lr
    Shore wood illinois confirm tornado yikes. . Seriens went off down south by me was so scarey manyenio il had conform tonado yikes