Sinkhole News
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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.
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Bejing -
An enormous sinkhole swallowed a bus and pedestrians in northwest China, sparking an explosion and killing nine people, state media said Tuesday.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Sinkhole Image
Huge sinkhole swallowed three houses in Buturlino, Russia on April 10, 2013 Video screen capture
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. Juozas Šalna
Three cars were swallowed by a sinkhole in Chicago after heavy rains. Video screen capture
Man who climbed into sinkhole to save teen that fell through the sidewalk Telegraph
Shenzhen sinkhole kills five YouTube
Phosphogypsum stack located near Fort Meade, Florida. These contain the waste byproducts of the phosphate fertilizer industry. Harvey Henkelmann
Sinkhole in near the waterfall Mila Mila, Queensland, Australia
The Great Blue Hole of Belize. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
The first sinkhole on Monday swallowed the Hyundai, shown here. Screen grab
Officials are forced to use airboats to examine Bayou Corne Sinkhole Bayou Corne Sinkhole
Mosaic Company's Florida Operations' Headquarters Office building in Lithia, Florida. Mosaic Company
14-month-old baby girl rescued from a sinkhole in Harbin, China Video screen capture
The M2 motorway hole The Highways Agency
Sinkhole in Assumption Parish Louisiana Governors Office
Sinkhole Brian Stansberry
A sinkhole at a campsite in Queensland, Australia has swallowed, the entire campsite, September 27, 2015. Screengrasb via ninemsn
A sinkhole Washington State Dept
A massive sinkhole appeared under this Florida home. Screen Capture
The second sinkhole opened up on Tuesday. Screen grab
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