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Icy Kentucky weather fuels talk of ‘exploding trees,’ but what’s really happening?
The phenomenon of "exploding trees" is actually caused by frost cracking, which occurs when the sap wood behind the tree's bark freezes and causes the bark to expand open vertically through the tree.
One arborist said "the mass destruction exposes the lack of maintenance" as 90,000 Nashvillians enter a fifth day without ...
Failing to prune trees can lead to structural weakness in limbs and the overall stability of the tree. Weak or too-large trees can cause thousands in damage, threaten injury, and cause power outages.
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