CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Social media posts warning about “exploding trees” during frigid temperatures are misleading, according to a local arborist. The phenomenon referenced in viral posts is ...

No smoke, no fire: Caller mistakes pollen blowing off Iowa trees mistaken for fire ...

John Seiler was strolling across Virginia Tech’s campus with his students Thursday morning when something stopped them in their tracks: a sweet cherry tree with an unusual jagged scar running along ...

So far this year — setting aside the January freezes — our weather has been dominated by breezy, dry cold fronts, each one stirring up cedar, aka Ashe juniper, pollen as it sweeps through. We are in ...

A 911 call for possible smoke in Iowa leads crews to cedar trees releasing huge pollen clouds, not fire. No danger found.

[CRESTON, Iowa] — A 911 call about a possible grass fire in south-central Iowa turned out to be puffs of pollen. A homeowner reported smoke in some trees in Green Valley State Park, raising the alarm ...

Allergy seasons come in all shapes and sizes across Oklahoma. And even when the winter cold settles in, many Oklahomans still find themselves sniffling and sneezing due to a common winter culprit: ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Central Texas is entering a transition period as cedar pollen levels begin to decline following a late start to the season. Sensors atop the KXAN studios in downtown Austin detected a ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Spring has arrived, causing many to come down with minor illnesses. But this isn’t only because of the temperature change. Most know this time of year as allergy season.

TULSA, Okla. — For the third consecutive day, Oklahoma is under a Very High Allergy Alert. Experts say pollen counts are now the highest reported anywhere in the United States, more than ten times ...