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 Uppe...

The National Weather Service (NWS) has forecast "life-threatening cold" and the potential for wind chills as low as minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 46 degrees Celsius) across the Northern Plains.

While you likely won’t witness a tree erupting at its trunk, hurling splinters and branches every which way, you may hear your trees responding to the frigid temperatures.