Until the other day, I'd never heard of a "Derecho." Very, very interesting.
I leaned of it when I read the book “Northwest Angle” from the Cork O’Connor series written by William Kent Krueger.
The Northwest Angle is part of Minnesota - the only place in the US outside Alaska that is north of the 49th parallel. The Angle is not directly connected by land to the rest of the US.
To this location he added a Derecho. I learned all kinds of stuff.