The ‘Crazy’ Winter Storm Has Left Utahans Struggling To Remove 10-Feet-High Tumbleweeds

South Jordan villages were blanketed with tumbleweeds during a strong storm that reached speeds of over 100 km/h in Utah, a state in the Western United States. Strong winds caused large tumbleweed storms that blocked highways, encircled homes, and buried automobiles. They also destroyed power lines, brought down trees, and damaged roadways. The height of the weed mound was up to three meters (10 feet).

Because tumbleweeds could quickly catch fire and spread, they constituted a serious danger of fire, therefore, the inhabitants and the personnel were put to work clearing the debris.

Several videos of the tumbleweed storm went viral online and attracted a lot of attention. A user on X going by the name “Raws Alert” shared a video of the same thing and said, “A neighborhood in Utah has been overtaken by tumbleweeds, numbering in the hundreds of thousands.” Workers are busily cleaning up after strong winds caused hundreds of thousands of tumbleweeds to dry out and pile up in a South Jordan, Utah, neighborhood. Because tumbleweeds can quickly catch fire and spread, there was a serious issue and concern when several automobiles and houses were buried by them.

Reactions from social media users descended upon the comment area in droves. Many people commented on how difficult it is to clean up after these tumbleweeds, while others expressed worry about the potential risks if the tumbleweeds are not removed promptly.

One user said, “They should make it clear on time; it might be dangerous.”

A further user said, “My siblings and I used to keep tumbleweeds as pets when we were younger because our parents wouldn’t get a dog.” The user had lived in Utah for around a year.

Growing up in Palm Springs, California, in the early 1980s, I recall this occurring in the desert regions during our periodic strong wind storms. One user said, “We used the tumbleweeds to make forts and it was insane to dodge them.

Someone wrote, “In New Mexico, this occurs every spring. It’s difficult to clean up.

With over 5 million views and over 23,000 likes on social media, the video got very popular. Unsurprisingly, people are shocked and amused by the statistics, which are continuously rising.

In 2020, a 15-foot tumbleweed in Washington trapped a number of cars. Similar to this, in 2018, a tumbleweed storm in California caused chaos and brought the town to a complete stop.

Tumbleweeds are a kind of invasive Russian weed that is frequently made up of the bushy parts of the thistle. During the winter, they split off and spread over the landscape, creating disruptions and producing amusing but frightening images that are shared on social media. The bushy part of the plant breaks off at the base and blows away in the wind when it dies. The problem is this dead, bushy section that stretches over the land, often drowning whole cities.