Apparently, concerns of exploding trees this winter have circulated online as people in multiple states prepare for more bone-chilling temperatures.

We're not even one month into 2026, and with everything that's happening, now we have to deal with exploding trees? No, not entirely. But a sudden deep freeze is going to send temperatures plummeting in much of Canada and the U.

An incoming Arctic blast will send temperatures plunging and trigger a massive and long-lasting winter storm. But will it trees explode?

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,