"It looked like a war of tumbleweeds, like we were being invaded," Victorville resident Bryan Bagwell, 42,
told NPR at the time.
In a similar incident in 2014, a tumbleweed explosion knocked down fences, blocked highways and trapped people inside their homes in Colorado.
Experts say there is more tumbleweed tumult in our futures. A
2019 study from the University of California, Riverside, found that a new species of gigantic tumbleweeds —
Salsola ryanii — that can grow up to 6 feet tall, grows more vigorously than others. They also say it's likely to expand its territory as a result of climate change.