A massive sinkhole swallowed a four-door sedan on Hongling North Road in Shenzhen during a night of heavy rain and flooding. Fortunately the driver and passengers were able to get out of the car safely.
The sinkhole measured 1.6 meters deep, five meters wide, and six meters long. After the car was picked up by a crane, the area was cordoned off and a tarp was placed over the hole to keep the water out.
State media blamed the heavy rainfalls that have been plaguing the PRD. A local water supplier blamed the city’s underground pipe system, built in 1994, for causing erosion under city streets.
Over the past two years, sinkholes have popped up all over Shenzhen. In 2014 alone, ten sinkholes opened up throughout the city, killing some residents. By 2016, Shenzhen will have spent a total of RMB 2.4 billion to prevent sinkholes from occurring through “underground space management and ground collapse prevention” measures.
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