September 23rd 2023.
Early Saturday morning, a devastating collapse of the E6 motorway in Sweden left a mammoth 1,640ft-wide hole. The devastating collapse was reportedly caused by a landslide on the E6 highway which connects the west of the country to Norway. At least 10 cars and one truck were swallowed up by the sinkhole, causing three people to be injured and rushed to the hospital.
The landslide damaged several buildings and facilities in Stenungsund, around 30 miles north of Sweden’s second biggest city of Gothenburg. Emergency services were alerted to the incident at around 1.45am and were told a ‘substantial part of the E6’ had caved in. The Gothenburg Rescue Services said the hardest hit parts of the landslide area was around 150 x 100 metres, while the total affected area was around 700 x 200 metres.
It’s not yet known what caused the landslide but Swedish media have said the area has seen substantial construction activities involving blasting and excavation work. A large amount of rain also has fallen in the past few days. Inside jail where inmates had control for so long they built a zoo and creche.
The police have launched a probe into whether work at a nearby construction site may have caused the slide. Rescue services said that further slides could not be ruled out. Earlier this month, a sinkhole opened up on a San Francisco intersection and a road in Newcastle gave way earlier this year. Two weeks ago, a cow’s ‘mates went to check on him’ after he was rescued from a ‘terrifying’ deep sinkhole.
The incident in Sweden is no doubt a frightening reminder of the dangers of natural disasters. It serves as an important lesson for us to remain vigilant and take preventative measures to avoid such disasters.
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