Texans are hearing popping and snapping noises outside as winter storm Landon passes through. "We listened to them all night," one resident told KXAS-TV. "Sounds like gunshots going off." Water in a ...

North Texas residents alarmed by popping and snapping outside say they’re experiencing an unusual phenomenon of "exploding trees." The trees "explode" when water in the tree's sap freezes and then ...

In mid-September 2020, Snopes readers asked for verification of social media posts that reported U.S. President Donald Trump had attributed wildfires raging on the West Coast to exploding trees. Trump ...

Two oak trees stand on a rain-soaked, burned-over hillside following the Woolsey Fire in Agoura Hills, California, in November 2018. (AP Photo/John Antczak) The Pacific Northwest has endured multiple ...

An arctic cold front in north Texas lowered temperatures to a point that caused trees to explode, prompting residents to compare the resulting noises to "gunshots." As temperatures dropped to 18 ...

Lightning was caught on camera hitting a tree in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, on Sept. 9. The footage shows a bright flash and a loud explosion as the lightning bolt hits a tree on Mike Smith's property.