Texans are hearing popping and snapping noises outside as winter storm Landon passes through. "We listened to them all night," one resident told KXAS-TV. "Sounds like gunshots going off." Water in a ...

Texans say trees are literally exploding due to the freezing temperatures throughout the state, courtesy of winter storm Landon, with some residents describing the phenomena as 'sounding like gunshots ...

An arctic cold front in north Texas lowered temperatures to a point that caused trees to explode, prompting residents to compare the resulting noises to "gunshots." As temperatures dropped to 18 ...