Vehicles plunge into sinkhole that opened up in car park in northern China

Parked vehicles were swallowed by a sinkhole that opened up in a car park due to continuous rainfall in China.

Video filmed in the city of Linfen in Shanxi Province on October 6 shows vehicles falling into a large section of the car park that collapsed.

According to a witness named Guo, she spotted the incident at around 9am.

Rainwater has filled up the sinkhole and the water flowed towards the residential buildings.

Nearby residents have started to evacuate.