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DERECHO hits Quad Cities Tuesday morning

By Andy McCray,

2026-08-11

6 years and one day after the worst derecho ever in the Quad Cities, another one hit us early Tuesday morning. The Storm Prediction Center has given the preliminary classification of a derecho to the line of storms that rolled across the Midwest Tuesday.

Storm winds were at their worst around Chicago and Gary, Indiana. They peaked around 100 mph.

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