Derecho Storm June 2024 Date. A derecho is a large cluster of thunderstorms that most commonly forms in late spring and summer, and causes widespread destruction to trees, power lines and. A powerful windstorm known as a derecho ripped through southeast texas on thursday evening, killing eight houstonians and knocking out power for close to a million customers in harris county.
During the peak of the deadly windstorm a.k.a derecho, the skies across houston became noticeably and eerily dark. An interactive infrared map by nasa shows us.
