Plunged into Chaos!!!!

Martin Flicker, who pretends to be a journalist wrote a bizarre article in The Mirror (that most trustworthy of 'news' providers) about the RMT strike. Martin starts his piece with the statement that"London was plunged into chaos last night after last-gasp talks between Tube bosses and workers broke down."

PLUNGED INTO CHAOS!!! Argghhh!!! No!!
Not a plunging? .....
And surely not into chaos?

Surely it's the end of the world as we know it?!!!
Further down the article Martin backpedals a bit, now saying that the strike was "causing huge problems for millions of commuters and costing businesses tens of millions of pounds".

From "plunged into chaos", to "causing huge problems" in two sentences. Martin, did you run out of things to say, so you decided to restate the same thing twice? Or were you trying to be poetic with your prose?

I'm not sure if Martin Flicker fancies himself as a new reporter, but I sure don't.