Climbers look at hoarfrost formed on tree branches at Mt. Halla on Jeju Island, Sunday. The temperature at the country’s highest mountain fell to as low as minus 5.4 degrees centigrade, the ...

— AccuWeather (@accuweather) January 3, 2025 A video from Hibbing, Minnesota, on Dec. 31, 2024, depicted the icy needles clinging to the branches of a tree.

The Weather Network's Nathan Coleman reports. When high winds blow, tree limbs and branches often sustain damage, creating a mess to clean up.