Sinkhole News
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Bowling Green -
Eight vehicles, including two Corvette ZR1s, were swallowed by an opening under the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky this morning.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Three houses in Buturlino, outside the city of Nizhny Novgorod, in Russia were swallowed by a huge sinkhole while residents were sleeping on Wednesday.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Xian -
Chinese officials have released footage of an incident that occurred last month when a girl fell through a sinkhole in a sidewalk.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A Malaysian man's late-night trip to the toilet saved about 100 people from being buried in rubble.
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Two teenagers were killed when the giant 330-foot-deep sinkhole in a Guatemala City neighborhood swallowed up several homes and at least one truck.
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Sinkhole Image
Crews were observed working where a sinkhole opened up in the District of Columbia on a busy street on May 21, 2013.
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Screen Capture
A massive sinkhole appeared under this Florida home.
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Brian Stansberry
Sinkhole
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Telegraph
Man who climbed into sinkhole to save teen that fell through the sidewalk
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Video screen capture
Huge sinkhole swallowed three houses in Buturlino, Russia on April 10, 2013
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Bayou Corne Sinkhole
Officials are forced to use airboats to examine Bayou Corne Sinkhole
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YouTube
Shenzhen sinkhole kills five
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http://whotalking.com
Sinkhole opens in High Wycombe
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Louisiana Governors Office
Sinkhole in Assumption Parish
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Video screen capture
Three cars were swallowed by a sinkhole in Chicago after heavy rains.
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14-month-old baby girl rescued from a sinkhole in Harbin, China
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The Highways Agency
The M2 motorway hole
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Juozas Šalna
The earth abounds with sinkholes caused for different reasons from mining to shifts in the crust. This new one in Siberia may have been caused by something entirely new.
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