100mph Derecho Risk Impacts 12 States — Weather Service Issues Warning - video Dailymotion

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Meteorologists from AccuWeather and the National Weather Service are alerting that a significant derecho risk is developing across the central United States in the upcoming days, with winds reaching up to 100 mph akin to hurricane strength that could affect a stretch of 12 states from the Great Plains to the Midwest. The area with the highest risk of hail extends from Texas through Alabama and up to Iowa. These inland storms, known as derechos, can cause destruction similar to a Category 1 hurricane over vast distances, damaging power systems, uprooting trees, and creating life-threatening situations. Millions of Americans in Missouri, Illinois, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, and adjacent states are at risk.

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00:00A dangerous inland hurricane is taking shape across the central United States.

00:04And 12 states are directly in the path.

00:07AccuWeather and the National Weather Service are tracking a developing derecho

00:11capable of producing hurricane-force winds reaching 100 miles per hour.

00:16Across a corridor from the Great Plains into the Midwest,

00:20Missouri, Illinois, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, and eight other states

00:24face a risk zone stretching hundreds of miles.

00:27Unlike a tornado, a derecho doesn't touch down in one spot.

00:31It carves a destructive path across an entire region,

00:35taking out power lines, collapsing structures,

00:38and forcing emergency closures across multiple states simultaneously.

00:43The hail threat runs from Texas through Alabama,

00:46with AccuWeather warning of record-sized hail in some zones.

00:50Tens of millions of Americans are in this threat corridor.

00:53If you live in any of the 12 targeted states,

00:56shelter plans must be ready within 48 hours.

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100mph Derecho Risk Impacts 12 States — Weather Service Issues Warning

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