If you’ve ever wandered through a deep valley and heard the wind shriek, you know the feeling: goosebumps, awe, and sometimes ...

The trees are able to share rooting space, as well as spread the force of the wind through the group. Again, this seems pretty obvious in that trees in groups protect each other from the wind.

As soon as you turned onto Spruce Street in Centennial, you could see it: massive trees uprooted and leaning on houses and ...

During winter, while deciduous trees are bare, evergreen trees are more susceptible to wind damage, obviously, because they retain their weight and wind resistance through winter while the weather ...

Trees that grow close together can survive powerful storms and prevent wind damage by supporting each other. Our knowledge of how wind damages trees has been limited by a lack of real-world ...

If we can identify the trees that are likely to fail during a storm, then we should be able to reduce the damage from future storms through proper management of our urban forest.

Overall, trees can withstand wind, but the health and type of tree play a role. Winds of 39 to 46 miles per hour are strong enough to break twigs and small branches.