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Participants viewed time-lapse photos from Colorado and Washington and labeled photos taken when trees had snow in their branches.
DENVER (CBS4) - As soon as heavy wet snow began piling up in Wednesday's blizzard, tree branches across the metro area started dropping and causing power outages.
Tree limbs that have already leafed out couldn't support all the weight of the snow that fell in Fort Collins Thursday. When those trees snapped, they took down power lines leaving thousand from ...
DENVER (CBS4) - Trees and shrubs in Colorado are in full bloom, and experts say that blooming spring foliage combined with this weekend's wet snow will cause problems. "There's leaves on those ...
Spring snow is notorious for causing downed power lines and broken tree branches in Colorado. A big factor that determines the weight of snow is the temperature.
If a limb breaks off from the weight of ice or snow and remains in the tree canopy, have it removed and the remaining stub properly pruned to the branch collar as soon as weather allows. The tree will ...
Snow drapes on the branches of a tree after the first snowstorm of the season, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Tips for removing snow from trees.
A new image taken from the International Space Station (ISS) has captured a beautiful dusting of snow over national parks in Wyoming and Montana. The image, captured by an astronaut from NASA's ...
And if there is ice on the branches, broken shards also create a hazard for the tree shaker below, he said. If branches do break, the broken branch should be trimmed back to the next fork in the tree.