Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Colorado tumbleweeds overrun drought areas

ORDWAY, Colo. — An expected effect of drought has caught parts of the West off guard. Mini-storms of tumbleweed have invaded the drought-stricken prairie of southern Colorado, blocking rural roads and irrigation canals, and briefly barricading homes and an elementary school. The invasion of the tumbleweed, an iconic symbol of both the West's rugged terrain and the rugged cowboys who helped ...

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