Local arborist Luke Brunner says that low temperatures are far less dangerous to trees than heavy snow and ice.

What to know before the extreme cold settles in.

Forecasters are warning that a brutal winter storm bringing snow, ice, and dangerously low temperatures could trigger a rare and alarming phenomenon known as “exploding trees” across parts of the ...

(CNN) — John Seiler was strolling across Virginia Tech’s campus with his students Thursday morning when something stopped them in their tracks: a sweet cherry tree with an unusual jagged scar running ...

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — Hazardous conditions are expected throughout much of the nation as a major winter storm continues to take shape this week. Days ahead of the storm’s expected arrival, there were ...