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tree failure due to uprooting caused by wind.

windthrow (Wikipedia)

In forestry, windthrow refers to trees uprooted by wind. Breakage of the tree bole (trunk) instead of uprooting is called windsnap. Blowdown refers to both windthrow and windsnap.

Windsnap in the Bavarian Forest National Park
An old dried out Windthrow. Ystad.
A large-scale event in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola windsnapped by Hurricane Irma.
Young spruce group marginal windthrow area twelve years after Kyrill
Video of windthrow in Tammneeme, Estonia
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