A heatwave has wreaked havoc on some roads in the US state of Missouri, and the moment one of them buckled in the heat has been caught on camera.
In footage taken by Albert Blackwell over the weekend, we can see a road in the city of Cape Girardeau suddenly pop up just as a Toyota Corolla reaches it, sending the small sedan airborne.
Temperatures in the city have been above 30 degrees Celsius in recent days, prompting a heat advisory.
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As the Missouri Department of Transportation has previously explained to Fox2Now, this buckling can occur when the roadway surface expands at a crack or joint where moisture has crept in. These cracks can in turn weaken the pavement and lead to such incidents.
The City of Cape Girardeau subsequently confirmed two more streets have buckled in the heat wave, and warned more incidents could occur.
In the meantime, work crews have been deploying temporary street patches.