After the weekend's big storm Utah, western United States, South Jordan residents are dealing with a tumbleweed infestation. Winds of more than 100km/h toppled trees, uprooted power lines and damaged roads. In addition, the city was hit with snow amid an infestation of tumbleweeds, and residents called for assistance.
Residents were left working to clear the road of tumbleweeds that had reached a height of about 10 feet.
In 2018, a tumbleweed storm similar to the one in Utah wreaked havoc in California, bringing entire towns to a screeching halt. tumbleweed, often the bushy parts of the Russian invasive weed called thistle, peel off during the winter and scatter across the landscape, causing havoc and producing both funny and shocking scenes captured on social media. When a plant dies, parts of the bush break off at the base and are blown away by the wind. Pieces of this dead bush cause problems when blown across the landscape, sometimes even flooding entire cities.
Watch the video below.
One of the videos was shared by @rawsalert on X and received over 5 million views and comments.
“Crews are currently actively cleaning up neighborhoods in South Jordan, Utah, after high winds caused hundreds of thousands of dry tumbleweeds to pile up. Some cars and homes are covered in tumbleweeds. “It is buried in the ground and has the potential to ignite and spread quickly, posing a significant fire hazard and causing significant problems and concerns,” the caption of the video posted by @rawsalert reads. ing.
This video shocked and made netizens laugh.
One user wrote: “You should clean up on time. It could be dangerous.” Another added: “When I was a kid, my parents didn't have a dog, so I lived in Utah with my brothers for about a year. We had tumbleweeds as pets.”
A third said: “I grew up in Palm Springs, CA in the early 80's and I remember something like this happening in the desert area during the frequent heavy rainstorms. Avoiding all the tumbleweeds. It was crazy to do, and us kids used it to build forts.”
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Date first uploaded: May 3, 2024 16:03 IST
