Wednesday, March 19, 2014
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Several neighborhoods in southern Colorado were overrun with tumbleweeds Tuesday, with piles up to 10 feet high in some places.
Residents of Fountain, Colo., were unable to leave their driveways, and in some cases their homes, because of the blockage.
Drought conditions and strong winds were to blame for the tumbleweed invasion.
Tumbleweeds have been piling up across much of the West over the past few months, blocking roads and creating fire hazards in parts of New Mexico and Arizona.
Witnesses of the strange scene in Colorado took to social media to share photos:
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Several neighborhoods in southern Colorado were overrun with tumbleweeds Tuesday, with piles up to 10 feet high in some places.
Residents of Fountain, Colo., were unable to leave their driveways, and in some cases their homes, because of the blockage.
Drought conditions and strong winds were to blame for the tumbleweed invasion.
Tumbleweeds have been piling up across much of the West over the past few months, blocking roads and creating fire hazards in parts of New Mexico and Arizona.
Witnesses of the strange scene in Colorado took to social media to share photos:
Can't get to the front door to ask neighbors how it's going. Too many #tumbleweeds. #TumbleweedSelfie pic.twitter.com/EZcPYWB8mD
- Stan Bush (@StanBushTV) March 19, 2014
It takes four people cleaning up just to get into this one house #crazy #cowx #tumbleweeds pic.twitter.com/om8KvGvXL9
- Mark Meredith (@markpmeredith) March 18, 2014
Tumbleweed issues east of Fountain today! #cowx #drought pic.twitter.com/UwdmWJkwhM
- Brian Bledsoe (@BrianBledsoe) March 18, 2014
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