Cars got trapped in 15 feet of tumbleweeds that shut down a Washington state highway on New Year's Eve

Associated Press A highway in Washington was closed on New Year's Eve after cars got stuck in a pile of tumbleweeds up to 15 feet tall. The state Department of Transportation used snow plows to clear the scene. "Big thanks to our crews who spent all #NewYearsEve2020 dealing with tumbleweeds. Which, in a million years, was not something I expected to start the year tweeting about," the agency Twitter account posted on Wednesday. Visit BusinessInsider.com for more stories. WEST RICHLAND, Wash. (AP...