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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?"
