VIDEO: Watch the moment that Rome Monster Sinkhole opens
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Less often seen, though, is the very moment one of the capital’s notorious chasms opens up – which is exactly what a new video captured.
Filmed on the Appia ring road on Thursday afternoon, the clip caught the tarmac as it crumbled into a hole three meters by five wide and six meters deep. Two parked cars teetered on the edge of the crater but managed to avoid falling, a fate suffered by more than one vehicle before them.
Just ten days ago, two cars had to be hauled out of a massive pothole that opened on another of Rome’s ring roads in the south-west.
The south-eastern area, which surrounds the ancient Appian Way, is thought to be riven with underground cavities, and archeological treasures, such as the 3th-century catacombs discovered by chance during work on a nearby building.
According to an app set up to map road damage, 10,000 potholes have been reported over the past seven years, with 110 appearing in the past month alone.
Trips to beautiful Italy are keep getting cheaper, with new low fares announced on United Airlines and Air Canada for as little as only $303 round-trip.