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Air pressure causes manhole cover to 'float' in Phoenix road

By Ben Hooper
A manhole in Phoenix bounces around due to air pressure from a storm. Screenshot: Jessie Pena/Facebook
A manhole in Phoenix bounces around due to air pressure from a storm. Screenshot: Jessie Pena/Facebook

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PHOENIX, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- A Phoenix resident captured video of a 15-pound manhole cover "floating" in a dance-like rhythm due to underground air pressure from a storm.

Jessie Pena posted a video to Facebook showing the manhole cover in the Coronado Historic District "floating" on the air pressure from a Tuesday evening storm.

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Commenters compared the manhole cover's movements to a dance.

Pena said the manhole cover weighs about 150 pounds.

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