Several Utah and Nevada towns were inundated by tumbleweeds that blocked roads and buried houses following strong winds, in what some are dubbing 'tumblemageddon.' Severe weather in the western U.S. brought winds of more than 60 mph which downed trees and powerlines, damaged infrastructure, and resulted in road closures. It also brought thousands of tumbleweeds, which, in some places, piled as high as 10 feet. ‘Luckily, it’s something we can handle,’ Rachel Van Cleave, the communications manager