On a viral post on X-formerly-Twitter, Schuster — who holds a meteorology degree and goes by “Max Velocity” on social media — declared an area of “exploding tree risk” across the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and northern Michigan.

A tree-mendous freeze. Forecasters are warning that expected subzero temperatures could cause trees to explode as a brutal cold snap is expected to wallop most of the country in the coming days. Trees may split and burst across the Midwest and Northern Plains Friday and Saturday as a bitter Arctic blast from Canada sends temperatures plunging to roughly 20 degrees below zero,

There is a inaccurate rumor spreading online that the extreme cold that will blanket the Midwest will make trees explode. FOX6 News shows you the truth.

A viral social media post shared thousands of times warned of an “exploding tree risk."

Massachusetts probably won’t see the kind of extreme cold necessary for trees to split this weekend. Some parts of the Berkshires could see low temperatures of -6 degrees on Friday night into Saturday morning, according to the National Weather Service, but that won’t be enough to cause any woodland “explosions.”

There’s a phenomenon sweeping social media that you may have seen — or even searched for — called “exploding trees."

The internet is buzzing with talk of “exploding trees.” While it makes for a snappy headline, meteorologist Brendan Johnson explains why it’s just more misleading clickbait.

A major winter storm is expected to hit Texas, bringing freezing temperatures, sleet, rain, and snow, beginning Friday. The areas most at risk for the wintry weather are north, northwest, and northeast Texas,