
Homes in California and Utah looked like something out of the wild west as high winds buried them in prickly tumbleweeds this week.

Many residents were trapped inside for hours as the weeds piled up as high as the second story or even roofs of homes on Monday.

As many as 150 homes were affected in Victorville, California as their front and back yards filled with thousands of tumbleweeds.

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As many as 150 homes in Victorville, California were filled with thousands of tumbleweeds in their front and back yards

Many residents were trapped inside for hours as the weeds piled up as high as the second story or even roofs of homes on Monday

A high wind warning had to be issued for the region, where gusts reached as fast as 70mph, according to the National Weather Service.

While tumbleweeds aren't an uncommon sight in Victorville, many residents told the Victor Valley Daily Press it was the worst they had ever seen.

Nav Mangat said one of her neighbors was trapped in his home for two hours until a clean-up crew from the city could clear the front door and garage.

'Yesterday I can't even stand here in my garage,' she told KABC. 'There were like a hundred of these bushes.'

Clean-up crews were sent from the city to help clear the weeds, which have prickly thorns

The weeds were blown in by high winds, which reached speeds of 35 to 70mph in the region

While tumbleweeds aren't an uncommon sight in Victorville, many residents said it was the worst they had ever seen

'They were just flowing like it was a tornado yesterday.'

Homeowners donned gloves and armed themselves with pitchforks as they tried to hold back what they called the 'invasion' of the tumbleweeds.

The weeds, which roll in from open fields in the area, are armed with thorns that can scratch the skin - making them far harder to remove by the bunch.

'It seems like every time we get the tumbleweeds cleared up, the wind blows and blows them right back again,' resident Bryan Bagwell told The Washington Post.

'It's a nasty nightmare.'

Ralph Zavala said residents were forced to go inside to protect themselves from the onslaught.

Homeowners donned gloves and armed themselves with pitchforks as they tried to hold back what they called the 'invasion' of the tumbleweeds

The weeds, which roll in from open fields in the area, are armed with thorns that can scratch the skin, making them far harder to remove by the bunch

A wind storm sent thousands upon thousands of tumbleweeds piling up to the roofs of some homes and offices in Utah as well this week. Pictured is Lehi, Utah

'It was like dodging balls,' he told the paper. 'You go outside and you see them flying over your head.'

And the problem may not be over just yet, as Zavala revealed that high winds have been predicted to hit the town again later this week.

The only people who may understand the pain of the Victorville residents are those in West Jordan, Utah.

A wind storm sent thousands upon thousands of tumbleweeds piling up to the roofs of some homes in the region this week as well.

'I'm thinking there was like 3,000 tumbleweeds - there were so many tumbleweeds,' resident Bruce Butcher told KSL.

'It was crazy! I haven't seen anything like it ever.'

A dozen workers spent more than an hour-and-a-half removing two tons of tumbleweeds from a single home in the neighborhood.