An arctic blast has sent cold air across the United States, causing trees to break suddenly in what looks like an explosion.

A massive winter storm brought sleet freezing rain and heavy snow across a roughly 2,000-mile swath, causing about 1 million power outages and widespread travel chaos.

As temperatures drop in Iowa this weekend, curiosity and concern about trees exploding from the cold have grown. Here's what really happens.

Think "exploding trees" sound like sci-fi? As a polar vortex hits the U.S., here's some of the science behind this loud, ...

Social media treats the tree-popping phenomenon as a sign of the apocalypse, but Indigenous peoples have long used the sound ...

As more than half of the United States braces for a powerful winter storm, some meteorologists are warning on social media ...

WTOL 11 meteorologist John Burchfield explains the science behind 'exploding trees' and lets you know if they are really worth all the hype.

Will it get so cold that the trees in your yard explode and fall over? Here's the weather science behind all the "exploding ...

Belinda Medlyn receives funding from the Australian Research Council, the NSW government, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Bush Heritage Australia, Arid Recovery, Australian Forest and Wood ...

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Three Palestinians were arrested on accusations of lighting a Christmas tree on fire and damaging part of a Nativity scene at a Catholic church in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Jenin, the ...

A school bus slid down an icy hill Tuesday morning in Lancaster County.Above: Video from the scene.It happened on Hempfield Hill Road in West Hempfield Township.There were no students on board and no ...