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Cars swallowed by sinkhole outside Italy hospital By AFP Rome - Patients had to be evacuated from a hospital in Naples on Friday after a huge section of the carpark collapsed, causing water and electricity to be cut off.

Huge sinkhole swallows bus, kills nine in China By AFP Bejing - An enormous sinkhole swallowed a bus and pedestrians in northwest China, sparking an explosion and killing nine people, state media said Tuesday.

New Zealand sinkhole reveals glimpse into 60,000-year-old volcano By AFP Wellington - A new sinkhole on a North Island farm as deep as four double-decker buses and almost the length of two football fields has grabbed the attention of New Zealand volcanologists.

Florida sinkhole still draining contaminated waste into aquifer By Karen Graham Mulberry - Neighbors of the Mosaic Company, a producer of phosphate and potash for fertilizer in Mulberry, Florida, are still waiting for test results on how much contamination is in their drinking water, and answers are not forthcoming.

World’s deepest underwater sinkhole found in South China Sea By Lucky Malicay The blue hole discovered in the South China Sea has been confirmed to be the world’s deepest underwater sinkhole, surpassing the one in the Bahamas by almost 100 meters.

Abandoned car found at the bottom of 20-foot sinkhole By Nate Smith Toronto - A $30,000 automobile was found crashed in the bottom of a sinkhole in Toronto in the early morning hours Sunday, according to authorities.

Sinkhole swallows S. Korean couple By AFP Seoul - Concerns about public safety standards in South Korea have been fuelled by shocking CCTV images of a young couple being swallowed up by a sinkhole that opened at their feet on the sidewalk in Seoul.

8 rare Corvettes swallowed by sinkhole By Megan Morreale Bowling Green - Eight vehicles, including two Corvette ZR1s, were swallowed by an opening under the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky this morning.

Sinkhole that swallowed car gets filled By Mark Harradine High Wycombe - The massive sinkhole that appeared overnight and swallowed a VW Lupo car has been filled with tonnes of concrete today, Sunday 9th of February.

Video: Sinkhole swallows Florida resort building By Anne Sewell Around 30 per cent of a three-story villa in a central Florida resort has collapsed into a sinkhole on Monday night. Guests were evacuated safety and fortunately no injuries were reported.

Work ongoing where sinkhole opened on Washington, D.C. street Special By Leigh Goessl Washington - On Tuesday a 15-foot deep sinkhole opened up on a busy Washington, D.C. street. The repairs were initially expected to take a couple of days, but the work will continue through this weekend.

Sinkhole opens up and disrupts D.C. traffic during rush hour By Leigh Goessl Washington - A sinkhole opened up on an intersection in downtown Washington, D.C. on Tuesday. The streets around the sinkhole were closed and this caused problems during rush hour.

Video: 33-ft sinkhole kills five outside factory, Shenzhen, China By JohnThomas Didymus Shenzhen - Local authorities in the southern Chinese town of Shenzhen near Hong Kong said on Tuesday that five people died when a 10 meter (33 feet) wide sinkhole opened up at the gates of an industrial estate.

Large sinkhole swallows 3 cars on Chicago's South Side (video) By Anne Sewell Chicago - One driver was hospitalized on Thursday when a large sinkhole opened up in a street on Chicago's South Side, swallowing three cars. This may have been caused by heavy rains damaging the cast iron water main.

Giant sinkhole engulfs three houses in Russia (video) By Anne Sewell Three houses in Buturlino, outside the city of Nizhny Novgorod, in Russia were swallowed by a huge sinkhole while residents were sleeping on Wednesday.

Lack of sinkhole insurance gives homeowners cause for concern By Alan Cairns You've probably heard about Jeff Bush in Florida, who was swallowed by a sinkhole as he slept. There have been many sinkholes appearing across the United States recently, causing many homeowners to carefully examine their home insurance policy.

Second sinkhole appears in Tampa area, Florida By JohnThomas Didymus The earth has caved yet again in the Seffner area of Florida, two miles away from the first 100 feet deep hole that opened last Thursday under the bedroom of 37-year-old Jeff Bush and destroyed a large part of the house.

Sinkhole opens up under home, trapping one man now presumed dead By Greta McClain Seffner - Rescuers in Florida are attempting to reach a man trapped in a sinkhole after the hole opened up late Thursday evening, swallowing the man as he slept.

China: Sinkhole swallows up huge building complex By Eileen Kersey Guangzhou - A sinkhole in China has swallowed up a huge building complex. The event happened in Kangwang Road, Guangzhou, a city in China's southern Guangdong province, and was caught on film.

Bayou Corne Sinkhole ignored by media while residents suffer By Greta McClain Approximately 300 people evacuated from their Louisiana homes in early August, many forced to spend Thanksgiving in hotels or campgrounds, are still looking for answers and wondering when, or if, they will ever be able to return home.

Baby girl rescued from sinkhole in northeast China (video) By Anne Sewell Harbin - A 14-month-old baby girl was rescued when a 33-foot deep sinkhole appeared after a road suddenly collapsed in Harbin in Heilongjiang province, northeast China.

Video: Giant sinkhole opens up in Brooklyn, nearly swallows cars By JohnThomas Didymus Brooklyn - A large part of a street in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn collapsed around 6 p.m. Wednesday and created a 20-ft by 20-ft hole that almost swallowed cars near 79th Street and Fifth Avenue. The street collapsed suddenly around a sewer line more than a century old.

Large sinkhole opens up near Florida homes, some residents flee By Leigh Goessl Windermere - Several residents in one Florida community are feeling a huge sense of uncertainty because of a massive sinkhole that opened up in the backyard of one home this week.

Video: Girl in China walks into sinkhole By Leigh Goessl Xian - Chinese officials have released footage of an incident that occurred last month when a girl fell through a sinkhole in a sidewalk.

Girl in China falls down sinkhole while walking down the street By Nicole Byerly One teenager in China discovered the dangers associated with walking down the street while talking on a cellphone. She plummeted into a sinkhole and was later rescued.

80-year-old man falls into sinkhole while getting morning paper By Lynn Curwin Oceanside - An 80-year-old New York man fell into a sinkhole in his front lawn when he went to get his morning newspapers on Sunday.

Guatemalan woman finds sinkhole under her bed By Lynn Curwin Guatemala City - A 65-year-old woman in Guatemala was shocked when she discovered the loud noise she heard had come from a newly formed sinkhole under her bed.

Firefighters rescue camel from sinkhole By Lynn Curwin Oregon City - Firefighters came to the rescue when Moses, a 1,500-pound (107 stone) camel, needed to be rescued from a sinkhole in Oregon.

Sinkhole swallows house in Quebec, four people missing By Stephanie Dearing Saint-jude - A house in Saint-Jude, Quebec was swallowed up by a sinkhole and landslide Monday night. The family of four, believed to be in house, have not been found.

Malaysian man's trip to the toilet saves around 100 people By kurtrat A Malaysian man's late-night trip to the toilet saved about 100 people from being buried in rubble.

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