Already the Chicago Park District has spent nearly $ 500,000 removing uprooted trees from the Oct. 2 storm and repairing those with stripped bark and downed limbs. (articles.chicagotribune.com)
Hurricane Irma plundered Florida's orange belt, leaving a trail of uprooted trees, downed fruit and flooded groves worse than anything growers say they have seen in more than 20 years. (chicagotribune.com)
After partially uprooting trees in a pattern that mimicked severe storm damage, researchers found that more than three - quarters continued to put out a full canopy of leaves the following spring. (sciencemag.org)