A massive sinkhole opened up on a busy Italian street today, swallowing some 20 parked parks -- and the jaw-dropping spectacle was captured on video.
The chaos unfolded this morning in the center of Florence along the scenic Arno River, a popular tourist destination, but it probably wasn'
t the kind of scene that visitors were there to behold.
Water gushed onto the roadway after a major pipe breakage involving one of the major water conduits in the area, according to local reports. The powerful and steady stream of water quickly tore through the asphalted road surface, creating the 200-meter-long and 7-meter-wide sinkhole. That's 650 feet in length, and 23 feet across. It wasn't the river that overflowed and cause the damage, as it was earlier thought.
Crews evacuated the area as cleanup and investigations got underway. There were no immediate reports of injuries or casualties.
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