While fallen trees may be a fascinating sight, they could be more dangerous than they look. Here's what causes them to spring back upright, and what you should do if you see a fallen tree.
While fallen trees may be a fascinating sight, they could be more dangerous than they look.
The 12-year-old has since made an almost full recovery, but sustained a broken femur, eight broken ribs, two collapsed lungs and a squashed heart in the incident. "Once that's done, the tree root's still normally connected on one side, and therefore there's still a lot of pressure," he said. So, once a tree's root plate has been lifted and failed, Mr Inman said it could take as little as a gust of wind to cause the entire tree to spring back upright.
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