Just in: Storm damage in Iowa after the NWS issued a "particularly dangerous situation," with a derecho producing scattered wind gusts to 100 mph. (Credit: Shane Church via Storyful) These storms are headed our way Monday afternoon/evening. fox6now.com/weather | FOX6 News Milwaukee

Wednesday August 10, 2022: Two Years Since the Historic August 10th Derecho On August 10, 2020, a large and intense line of thunderstorms known as a "derecho" swept across much of the Midwest producing wind damage to an area more than 90,000 square miles. The derecho resulted in $11.5B worth of damage, making it the COSTLIEST known thunderstorm event in modern U.S. history. Peak wind gusts topped 140 mph in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and at least 26 tornadoes were spawned by the storm. More than 20,000

On this day, 1998: An early morning derecho brings widespread wind damage to Michigan, with many places experiencing gusts up to and over 100-130 MPH, the equivalent of EF-2 tornado damage. Four people perished, and 146 were injured. $172 million (1998 rate) was the total infrastructure damage in the state, and over 850,000 customers lost power, the largest storm-based outage in Michigan of all time. Multiple tornado warnings were issued as well especially across northern Michigan, and multiple

DESTRUCTIVE DERECHO‼ marched across parts of #Iowa, #Wisconsin, #Illinois, #Michigan, and #Indiana yesterday. 300,000 without power from SEVERAL #TORNADOES and wind gusts from 70-100MPH, including SEVERE DAMAGE to the #Chicago Metro. | Storm Chaser Stephen Jones