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A derecho (pronounced similar to deh-REY-cho in English, or pronounced phonetically as ) is a widespread, long-lived wind storm associated with a band of rapidly moving showers or thunderstorms variously known as a squall line, bow echo, or quasi-linear convective system.
The term derecho likely derives from the Spanish word for straight, alluding to the storm's straight-line winds â the winds in a derecho sweep across the landscape straight ahead like a wall rather than swirling around like in a tornado.