Cars attempted to drive through a tunnel despite water cascading down from cracks in the roof during a rainstorm.

Water can be seen flooding down from the ceiling which appears to have caused a chunk of the roof to come loose in the Tuzhu Tunnel in Chongqing, China, on May 26.

Local media reported that the emergency management department was alerted to the issue and rushed to the scene to deal with the problems.

Traffic police then implemented control on the relevant sections of the road to reduce the risk to drivers from the muddy water that flooded in and floated along the road.

Traffic warning cones were also set up on sections of the road.

The Tuzhu Tunnel is a one-way three-lane tunnel with a design speed of 80 kilometres per hour (49 miles per hour). It is an important channel for Liangjiang New District's westward external traffic.

The Tuzhu Tunnel was officially opened to traffic on 29th September 2021.