The 47,000-acre Sawmill Fire is shown erupting from an exploding target — with blue smoke bursting off the fire’s fringes — in a video just obtained by the Arizona Daily Star. The 49-second video ...

A meteorologist warned of the risk of “exploding trees” later this week as extreme cold hits the northern U.S. A huge portion of the country is under cold-related weather alerts, with advisories ...

On today’s Playbook Podcast: Jack and Dasha discuss President Donald Trump’s options on Iran, VP JD Vance’s electioneering trip to Hungary and today’s special election in Georgia to replace Marjorie ...

Shocking photos and videos from four suspected tornadoes in Illinois and Indiana Tuesday showed homes, buildings and businesses decimated, with trucks flipped over onto their side, steel fences and ...

“It sounds like gunshots,” he said, “and if people are in the woods and happen to hear one of these or outside in their yard, you’ll be ducking for cover. But it’s not exploding. They’ll split open, ...

An Arctic blast in the US has caused tree sap to freeze, building pressure that leads to sudden cracking sounds, known as "frost cracking." This rare phenomenon is linked to record cold from a ...

The United States is bracing for another spell of harsh winter weather as an Arctic airmass sweeps across large parts of the country, from Texas to the Carolinas and deep into the northern Midwest.

Sudden or severe cold temperature can cause trees to experience "frost crack." NPR's Scott Simon talks with Bill McNee of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources about what happens and why. If a ...

Chicago residents are weathering a dangerous cold snap this week — but so are the trees. After a post on X warning of “exploding trees” went viral on social media ahead of this week’s polar vortex, ...

Many years ago, Lakota elder and tribal historian Victor Douville was traveling through the Black Hills of South Dakota in the dead of winter. It was early in the morning, and temperatures had ...