Reports of "exploding" trees in Minnesota have caused alarm as Winter Storm Fern unleashes chaos across the US. Forecasters have warned that the potentially historic snow and ice storm, which is set ...

It'll be so cold in Minnesota that trees might explode… Or so certain click-hungry online meteorologists would have you believe. Driving the clicks: Friday's forecast daytime high (-7) would be the ...

These forecasts have prompted warnings about protecting your water pipes, dressing for the weather, and, for some reason, the possibility of “exploding” trees. Earlier this week, posts shared to ...

Trees don't explode in cold temperatures, but they can develop a frost crack, or vertical fissure in the tree trunk.

Exploding trees started trending on social media. In Minnesota and other surrounding states are under an 'exploding tree risk'.