Meanwhile, the weather continues, regardless of pandemics & politics.

Dunno whether derechos are worse than cyclones or not. They can travel for hundreds of kms,just a heck of a lot faster.

In the US.

Destructive derecho, a line of storms with 100 mph winds, slams Chicago and Midwest
The long-lived storms traveled over 200 miles across the country's center, producing 60-100 mph winds, downing trees and knocking out power for millions.
https://www.nbcnews.com/...chicago-midwest-n1236332

These things fascinate me as much as cyclones. Only heard of them in the last year or so, due to a novel set in the very North of Minnesota. Apparently the (real) storm in the story travelled across several states then back east across Canada & right out over the ocean before subsiding.