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Tumbleweeds blanket parts of suburban Salt Lake City

The gnarled icon of the Old West — ominously featured in movies as gunslingers square off on dusty streets and townsfolk shake behind curtained windows — rolled in over the weekend and kept rolling until blanketing some homes and streets in suburban Salt Lake City.

By Brady McCombs / AP

March 5, 2024

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Work crews took to the streets of South Jordan, Utah, to wrangle tumbleweeds that were bounced in by strong winds.
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City workers clean up tumbleweeds in South Jordan, Utah, on Tuesday, March 5. The suburb of Salt Lake City was inundated with tumbleweeds after a weekend storm brought stiff winds to the area. The gnarled icon of the Old West rolled in over the weekend and kept rolling until blanketing some homes and streets in suburban Salt Lake City.
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Tumbleweeds appear in front of a home in South Jordan, Utah, on Tuesday, March 5. The suburb of Salt Lake City was inundated with tumbleweeds after a weekend storm brought stiff winds to the area. The gnarled icon of the Old West rolled in over the weekend and kept rolling until blanketing some homes and streets in suburban Salt Lake City.
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Tumbleweeds appear in front of a home in South Jordan, Utah, on Tuesday, March 5. The suburb of Salt Lake City was inundated with tumbleweeds after a weekend storm brought stiff winds to the area. The gnarled icon of the Old West rolled in over the weekend and kept rolling until blanketing some homes and streets in suburban Salt Lake City.
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Tumbleweeds appear in front of a building in South Jordan, Utah, on Tuesday, March 5. The suburb of Salt Lake City was inundated with tumbleweeds after a weekend storm brought stiff winds to the area. The gnarled icon of the Old West rolled in over the weekend and kept rolling until blanketing some homes and streets in suburban Salt Lake City.
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Tumbleweeds appear in front of a home in South Jordan, Utah, on Tuesday, March 5. The suburb of Salt Lake City was inundated with tumbleweeds after a weekend storm brought stiff winds to the area. The gnarled icon of the Old West rolled in over the weekend and kept rolling until blanketing some homes and streets in suburban Salt Lake City.
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Tumbleweeds appear in front of a building in South Jordan, Utah, on Tuesday, March 5. The suburb of Salt Lake City was inundated with tumbleweeds after a weekend storm brought stiff winds to the area. The gnarled icon of the Old West rolled in over the weekend and kept rolling until blanketing some homes and streets in suburban Salt Lake City.
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Tumbleweeds appear in front of a building in South Jordan, Utah, on Tuesday, March 5. The suburb of Salt Lake City was inundated with tumbleweeds after a weekend storm brought stiff winds to the area. The gnarled icon of the Old West rolled in over the weekend and kept rolling until blanketing some homes and streets in suburban Salt Lake City.

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