I’ve been attending the Southern  Chapter of the International Society of Arborists meeting this week in Mobile.  I was fortunate to listen to Dr. Kim Coder of the University of Georgia discuss the impacts of winds and lightning on trees.  He told me about several fact sheets that the Warnell School of Forestry at UGA has which discuss these topics along with the impacts of heat and cold.  There are many other publications on trees there as well.  If you are interested, please visit https://www.warnell.uga.edu/outreach/pubs/all.php and check them out.

coder map of storm damage risk to trees

Source: Penny Mayes, Commons Wikimedia
Source: Penny Mayes, Commons Wikimedia