A giant sinkhole spread across a bridge following heavy flooding caused by 40 hours of relentless rainfall in India.
Shocking footage of the incident in Haldwani today shows the sinkhole emerge at the side of the bridge and quickly spread across the width of the road.
Within seconds the gaping cavity almost takes over the entire width of the road.
Panic-stricken locals can be heard desperately trying to stop an oncoming car from getting too close.
They also attempt to prevent passersby from going too close to the growing crater.
On either side of the bridge, waves can be heard crashing as the furious current rushes underneath.
The horrific conditions have been caused by more than 40 hours of relentless rainfall, which has resulted in the water levels of nearby Nainital Lake now overflowing.
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Many streets and houses have been flooded in the district.
It comes after a week after two cars were dramatically swallowed up into a crater full of piping hot water when a sinkhole opened up on the crossroads of two streets in Russia.
A Toyota Corolla Spacio and a Nissan Juke became stuck in the crater after it opened up in Novosibirsk.
An eyewitness told local news outlet NGS how the cars had completely sunk into the hole.
“One is just about afloat, the other is sinking. It’s awful,” one bystander said at the time.
A Lexus which had been waiting at a red light was towed away from danger after coming to a halt on the edge of the precipice “as it was about fall into the boiling pit”, another local report said.
The Toyota and Nissan were believed to be parked outside a business centre when the huge hole appeared on the road.
Luckily there were no serious casualties in the incident.
