Forecasters warn an extreme winter storm could trigger rare “exploding trees” across the Upper Midwest as temperatures plunge ...

It turns out that trees can actually explode when temperatures drop.

On Monday night, Florence Mayor Rob Ward, standing before a small crowd at Exploding Whale Memorial Park, flanked by two people dressed in whale costumes — one dead, the other smiling — officially ...

Fifty-five years ago, a dead sperm whale washed ashore near Florence — and what happened next became one of the most infamous moments in state history. Engineers from the Oregon Highway Division, ...