Watch: Road buckles amid heatwave, sending car airborne
Road buckles under extreme heat, sending car airborne
Video shows the moment a major road in Missouri buckled amid the heatwave, sending a car airborne. Credit: Albert Blackwell via Storyful
The extreme heat in the Midwest sent a car flying Sunday when it caused the road to buckle unexpectedly.
Video perspective:
A local man, Albert Blackwell, recorded the moment a portion of Siemers Drive in Missouri suddenly snapped, sending a car flying.
What they're saying:
"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 Storyful.
He had been filming the bulge in the road before it buckled.
Local perspective:
The City of Cape Girardeau, which is about 115 miles southeast of St. Louis, said on social media that another road also buckled due to the ongoing heatwave, and that the city may experience more street buckling due to the ongoing heat.
The region is under a heat advisory in effect through Tuesday.
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Heat advisory
Big picture view:
The first big heat wave of 2025 has arrived, coinciding with the official start of summer.
The expansive heat dome this week will have more than 190 million Americans in the East experiencing temperatures above 90 degrees, but it won’t just be the high temperatures that will make people feel miserable. Humidity, too, will soar, with dew points rising into the 70s.
That will make cities like Chicago, Cleveland, Louisville in Kentucky, Nashville in Tennessee and Raleigh in North Carolina feel well above 100 degrees, according to FOX Weather.
By the numbers:
FOX Weather reports that 147 million people in 28 states are under various heat alerts.
The Source: Information in this article was taken from Storyful, a social media video licensing agency; a social media post from the city of Cape Girardeau; and from FOX Weather. This story was reported from Detroit.