Latest news with #AlbertBlackwell
Yahoo
18 hours ago
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Car Goes Flying After Intense Heat Buckles Road, Wild Video Shows
A crazy heatwave over the weekend in Missouri resulted in an even crazier video. Albert Blackwell captured video on Sunday -- and shared by Storyful and AccuWeather -- showing the moment the road buckles due to intense heat. You can see a blue Toyota Corolla approaching just as the road bulges. The poor sedan has no time to slow down, much less come to a screeching halt. At full speed and the road bulge coming at the most unfortunate time resulted in the car going airborne. This all played out in the city of Cape Girardeau, which experienced temperatures above 90 degrees Fahrenheit. You can see in the video that the white car managed to drive past the buckled road just in time to avoid going airborne. The Corolla had no chance. Missouri's NDTV reported that the Cape Girardeau Police Department confirmed that the driver was not injured. The car, however, appears to suffer some front-end damage. "When I went back to get a front angle of cars going over the smaller buckle, the road exploded and rose over 18 inches, sending a car airborne," Blackwell told the outlet. The city moved quickly to repair the streets. Car Goes Flying After Intense Heat Buckles Road, Wild Video Shows first appeared on Men's Journal on Jun 24, 2025
New York Post
21 hours ago
- Climate
- New York Post
Car sent flying as it travels Missouri road buckled by heat
Evel Knievel, eat your heart out. The ongoing heat wave affecting much of the country turned one Missouri thoroughfare into a Hot Wheels-style ramp — sending one hapless motorist airborne Sunday. Bystander Albert Blackwell caught the sedan's sick jump on video, shared with Storyful, after filming a growing asphalt bulge in the town of Cape Girardeau, where temperatures topped 90 degrees. There was no sign the car sustained damage from the unexpected aerial excursion. Advertisement 6 A car goes airborne off heat-induced roadway damage in Missouri. Albert Blackwell via Storyful 6 The car stuck the landing and didn't sustain visible damage. Albert Blackwell via Storyful Advertisement The record-breaking temperatures, caused by a so-called 'heat dome,' got even hotter Tuesday, with major cities across the East Coast reaching triple-digit temperatures. In Washington DC, the National Park Service closed the Washington Monument to visitors Monday and Tuesday for fear its newly installed air conditioning system would not be able to keep up with the heat. Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Philadelphia and Raleigh, were all forecast to pass 100 on Tuesday, while Manhattan had a forecast high of 99 – the hottest June 24 temperature in more than 100 years. 'A lot of people haven't seen heat like this in quite a while,' said FOX Weather meteorologist Cody Braud. 'When we look at the daily records, a lot of the records for [June 23 and 24] were set over a hundred years ago, so we're going to see some of these century-old records either challenged or broken.' Another video circulating on social media shows a carload of miserable Amtrak passengers stuck in a sauna-on-rails Monday after their AC-less train stalled in a Baltimore tunnel. Advertisement 6 Extreme temperatures expanded the asphalt in the road, causing the crack. Albert Blackwell via Storyful 6 Person lying on the ground under a water fountain in Queens, NY. Brigitte Stelzer Braud said the heat dome – a giant bubble of stagnant, hot air – is steadily moving south and could roast those states later in the week before finally dissipating over the weekend. Advertisement In the meantime, affected communities will remain on high alert. The New Jersey town of Toms River evacuated dozens of homeless people from the streets to protect them from the deadly heat, News 12 reported, and towns throughout the region have cancelled outdoor events and sports games. 6 Clara Hernandez, 35, of Valencia, Spain, holds a thermometer in an NYC subway station. Michael Nagle 6 A hot dog keeps it cool in New York. Emmy Park for Authorities have also warned of possible rolling blackouts and urged residents to limit their power use during daylight hours. One 55-year-old Missouri woman was found dead in her home Tuesday after her power was shut off in the town of St. Ann, according to First Alert 4. In areas facing extreme heat, experts recommend taking a 45-minute break for every hour spent outdoors.
Edmonton Journal
a day ago
- Climate
- Edmonton Journal
Video: Car launches into the air as road buckles, splits open reportedly due to extreme heat
Article content A video shows the moment a vehicle was launched into the air as a heat wave reportedly caused the road to buckle in Missouri, a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It was captured by Cape Girardeau resident Albert Blackwell on June 22, with temperatures that day reaching 92 degrees Fahrenheit, or nearly 34 degrees Celcius, according to the National Weather Service.
Vancouver Sun
a day ago
- Climate
- Vancouver Sun
Video: Car launches into the air as road buckles, splits open reportedly due to extreme heat
A video shows the moment a vehicle was launched into the air as a heat wave reportedly caused the road to buckle in Missouri, a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It was captured by Cape Girardeau resident Albert Blackwell on June 22, with temperatures that day reaching 92 degrees Fahrenheit, or nearly 34 degrees Celcius, according to the National Weather Service . Road buckles a second before this car hits sending car in the air. #mowx #weather #heatwave #what #wxtwitter 'Everyone was in shock, myself included,' said Blackwell to National Post over email on Tuesday. 'I've seen small buckles, but never anything like this. Just two seconds later and that car probably would have been rolled.' Blackwell, who runs a local weather page, said he had previously taken a video of the initial buckle in the road and noticed cars scraping their front ends. While he was in the area, he had about 20 minutes before he had to pick his daughter up from work, so he decided to go back to get a better view. 'I had no idea the road was about to buckle even more,' he said. 'I wasn't filming long when the road popped sending the car airborne. I then stopped recording and called it in to authorities to get the road closed.' The driver of the vehicle had pulled over and Blackwell said he went to check on its occupants. Crews in the area worked to repair the damage, local news station KFVS 12 reported . The driver was 'understandably shaken,' said Blackwell. 'She had no chance to stop. Her car looked brand new before this. The landing did some damage to her vehicle,' he said, adding that the full extent of the damage would need to assessed. There was a passenger in the car as well who was also confused by the event, said Blackwell, although the passenger remained 'very calm.' 'You get the moisture underground, and everything kind of comes together. It's just, everything swells up and has nowhere to go but up,' assistant director for the Cape Girardeau Public Works Department Brock Davis told KFVS. As of Tuesday morning, a heat advisory is still in place for many cities in the state, with daily heat index values of 100 to 107 degrees Farenheit, or nearly 38 to nearly 42 degrees Celcius. The advisory is expected to remain in effect until Friday evening. Roads in other states also reportedly suffered from the heat. Around 50 incidents of 'pavement buckling due to extreme heat' was reported over the weekend in Wisconsin, per local news station WISN 12 . There were also reports of roads buckling in South Dakota, Colorado and Nebraska, according to Fox 8 News . In general, extreme heat warnings and heat advisories have been issued in many parts of the eastern U.S., per the National Weather Service. 'When temperatures rise to certain values, the physical composure of many items will naturally start to break down or change,' the Weather Network reported . Meanwhile, in Canada, some provinces are also feeling the heat . Ontario Provincial Police closed down part of Highway 402 in the Plympton-Wyoming area, east of Sarnia, due to 'unsafe road surface conditions,' it said in a post on X on June 22. ROAD CLOSURE: #Hwy402 westbound is closed between Oil Heritage Rd and Mandaumin Rd in Plympton-Wyoming due to due to unsafe road surface conditions. Westbound motorists exit at Oil Heritage Rd and take London Line to Mandaumin Rd to re-enter the highway. #LambtonOPP on scene.^pia Environment Canada has issued heat warnings for parts of Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec as of Tuesday morning. In cities such as Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal, the weather agency says humidex values of 40 to 45 degrees Celcius are expected. Our website is the place for the latest breaking news, exclusive scoops, longreads and provocative commentary. Please bookmark and sign up for our daily newsletter, Posted, here .
Al Bawaba
a day ago
- Climate
- Al Bawaba
Video: Missouri heatwave splits road, sending car in the air
ALBAWABA - As Missouri faces an extreme heat wave, one scary video went viral on social media after capturing a road suddenly snapping upwards and sending a car airborne. According to USA Today, the footage was captured on Sunday by Albert Blackwell in Siemers Drive, Western Missouri. Blackwell revealed that he was filming a bulge on the road. However, as he shifted to get a better angle, the road split in half, catching the terrifying incident. Blackwell claimed that the road "exploded and rose over 18 inches." According to the US National Weather Service, the scorching heat is predicted to remain in effect till Thursday this week. Upon visiting Google to search about the heatwave, Missouri residents are met with a "Severe weather alert" advising them to take necessary safety precautions to avoid illness. Authorities recently revealed on Facebook that two roads, including Siemers Drive, also buckled in the city due to the scorching heat. Several social media users took to platforms such as X (formerly known as Twitter) to speculate on the incident in question. Several made claims that it wasn't the heatwave that caused the road to buckle, but a damaged water line. An X user wrote, "Most likely New Madrid fault line movement. Heat and humidity ain't causing something like that." Another added, "From a heatwave? Some expansion and contraction with weather but not buckling like that. Maybe water lines or something, but not heat. What do they use under their roads? Air?"
