Road Buckles Due to Heatwave Sending Car Airborne

https://www.facebook.com/cityofcape/posts/1155089489984590 Two roads buckled in Cape Girardeau, as a https://x.com/NWSPaducah/status/1936525867179450791 heatwave impacted Missouri on Sunday, June 22. Albert Blackwell recorded the moment a portion of Siemers Drive suddenly snapped, sending a car flying. Before it buckled, Blackwell told Storyful he had been filming a bulge in the road but wanted a better angle. "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. The https://www.facebook.com/cityofcape/posts/1155089489984590 City of Cape Girardeau reported that another road also buckled due to the https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=MOZ087&warncounty=MOC031&firewxzone=MOZ087&local_place1=Cape%20Girardeau%20MO&product1=Heat+Advisory&lat=37.3132&lon=-89.5524 ongoing heatwave . According to the https://x.com/NWSPaducah/status/1936525867179450791 National Weather Service , temperatures were expected to rise above 100 degrees every day throughout Friday. "With more high temperatures expected this week, the city may experience more street buckling due to the heat," the city warned, asking motorists to drive carefully and be mindful of crews repairing the streets. (Footage by Albert Blackwell/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)