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Ask the Weather Guys: thunderstorm vs. derecho

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We've been getting a lot of questionsabout last week's storm. For today's Ask the WeatherGuy question one viewerwrites, "I heard that last Friday's storm was called a derecho. What's thedifference between a thunderstorm and a derecho? I've never heard of thembefore. How often do they occur?"

  • Ask the Weather Guys: thunderstorm vs. derecho

  • Tucker Barnes and Tony Perkins put their big heads together to answer your most pressing questions, weather-related or otherwise.
    Tucker Barnes and Tony Perkins put their big heads together to answer your most pressing questions, weather-related or otherwise.

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