GEOLOGICAL UPHEAVALS: Massive Sinkhole Opens Up In Trujillo, Peru - Swallows Up Car With Family Inside! [PHOTOS + VIDEO]

Deep trouble: The huge chasm was thought to have been caused by recent heavy rain. SOL tv

February 6, 2016 - PERU - A young family had to be saved after a gigantic sinkhole opened up beneath them and swallowed the car they were sitting in.

Video footage of the rescue shows the car lying almost vertically in the chasm, as passersby help a man and woman climb out of the driver's side door.

Three people, Edgar Orlando Bartolo Silva, 34, Marisol Mercedes Gutierrez Siccha. 31 and their two-year-old daughter escaped unhurt, Sol TV reported.

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Sinking feeling: A young family had to be rescued after their car was swallowed up by an enormous sinkhole. SOL tv

They were taken to hospital as a precaution. A crane was later used to extract the car from the five metre wide hole.

The incident happened on Thursday in Trujillo, in northwestern Peru.


WATCH: Sinkhole swallows car and family has to be rescued in Peru.

It is believed the sinkhole was a result of the heavy rain that has battered the city in recent days, causing flooding and school closures. - Mirror.

STORM ALERT: Tropical Storm Barry Lands In Veracruz, Mexico - Will Bring Torrential Rain, Flooding And Potential Mudslides!

June 20, 2013 - MEXICO - Tropical Storm Barry will continue to bring torrential rain, the risk of flooding and the potential for mudslides in the Mexico state of Veracruz as it drifts inland Thursday.

Other states in Mexico that could receive flooding downpours as the system drifts westward and slowly diminishes include Tabasco, Oaxaca, Guanajuato, and southern Tamaulipas.

Rough seas and surf will affect the area. A minor water level rise (published tide level, plus storm surge) of a few feet near and north of the center at time of landfall.

The system drifted over the warm waters of the southwestern Gulf of Mexico (Bay of Campeche) Tuesday night into early Wednesday. The warm water provided enough fuel for the depression to become Tropical Storm Barry prior to landfall.

Trailing torrential rainfall could lead to flooding concerns across portions of Belize and the northern portion of Guatemala. Earlier this week, Belize City had received a total of 9.45 inches of rain from the system.

Since Wednesday evening, nearly 5 inches of rain has fallen on the city of Veracruz the same name as the Mexican state.

A general 4 to 8 inches of rain is forecast in the vicinity with local amounts of a foot.

The satellite loop from NOAA shows a strengthening Tropical Depression Two on Wednesday morning.

Indications continue to suggest that the bulk of the rain will stay south of much of Texas. There is a chance that some leftover moisture will be funneled up toward the Big Bend area and into part of western Texas toward the weekend.

"Interestingly, the same parent tropical wave that produced the Atlantic tropical depression could spin up a much stronger system over the Eastern Pacific Basin by next week," Kottlowski said.

That feature could bring torrential rainfall and gusty thunderstorms along part of Mexico's southern coast, perhaps in the vicinity of Acapulco for a day or two, before moving westward into the open Pacific.

Another strong tropical wave is moving westward through the Caribbean this week. Drenching showers and locally gusty thunderstorms will affect Hispaniola Thursday night and Friday, then parts of the Bahamas, Cuba and South Florida this weekend.

"Strong upper-level winds and a weak circulation will inhibit development with this system," Kottlowski said. - AccuWeather.

DELUGE: Tropical Depression Unleash Torrential Rainfall On Belize, Mexico, Honduras - Potential For Widespread Flooding And Mudslides!

June 18, 2013 - YUCATAN PENINSULA - The tropical disturbance that grew into a tropical depression Monday in the western Caribbean maintained its status Monday night as it moved across the southern part of the Yucatan Peninsula.

The system will unleash torrential rainfall and the potential for flooding and mudslides in the region. Although unlikely, there is a chance the system becomes Tropical Storm Barry before reaching mainland Mexico at midweek.

Tropical downpours from northern Honduras to southeastern Mexico can easily produce several inches of rain in a short amount of time.

Two-day rainfall, as of Monday morning, in Honduras includes 5.64 inches in La Ceiba and 4.26 inches in Trujillo.

Proximity to land is expected to limit the development of this system into Tuesday night before it moves closer to the warm waters of Bay of Campeche.

This enhanced satellite image shows Tropical Depression Two centered over Belize as of early Tuesday, June 18, 2013.

The system is forecast to briefly move over warm water early Wednesday morning into early Thursday; however, if the system tracks farther south, interactions between the system and the ocean will be limited. If this occurs, the depression will likely weaken.

The second name on the list of tropical storms in the Atlantic Basin for 2013 is Barry.

Beyond Wednesday, most tropical rains should move inland (westward) over Mexico.

There is a chance that some of the moisture from the system is funneled into part of south and west Texas late in the week well after the second landfall. - AccuWeather.