"Danger. Speed bump growing zone."
Bumpy Road
The summer's first heatwave has been so intense in the United States that an asphalt road buckled so suddenly that an oncoming car went airborne in Missouri, all captured in a now-viral video.
In spite of the peril, the video made for a comical sight: the roads belches, sending a fine mist of dust into the air as it sends forth a brand new speed bump — off which the four-door compact car catches air, like a scene out of a Grand Theft Auto video game.
A local, Arthur Blackwell, caught the fortuitous moment because he was filming the street before it happened and then had it uploaded to Storyful.
"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 said on the platform.
Local broadcaster Fox23 Now reported that the incident happened Sunday in the city of Cape Girardeau, where temperatures peaked at 91.9 degrees Farenheit but the heat index soared to 102 degrees.
On Monday, crews had patched up the broken up road, which may buckle more due to heat and humidity, city officials told Fox23 Now.
Redditors had their fun with the viral video.
"Danger. Speed bump growing zone," one quipped, while another said, "And that son, is how a speed bump is born."
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