Mother and child disappear as hole opens up without warning outside London cafe

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EMERGENCY services raced to a London cafe after a mother and her a child in a pram disappeared into a hole which opened up beneath them without warning.

Eye witnesses reported hearing a loud scream before the woman, who has not been identified, simply disappeared down the gap in the pavement outside a cafe on North End Road in Fulham, south west London.

Town centre brought to a standstill after 15-foot sinkhole opens up in street - almost swallowing up cars 

A busy town centre was brought to a standstill this afternoon after a mysterious 15-foot sinkhole opened up in the road without warning - almost swallowing a number of cars in the process.  

Motorists had to swerve out of the way of the giant hole after it appeared on the residential Earl Street in Northampton UK at around 2pm, just hours after part of a London pavement collapsed, swallowing a pedestrian.

Shocking pictures show the gaping chasm - which was around eight foot (2.4 metres) wide - with a section of surrounding road also looking on the verge of collapse. 

Eyewitness Matthew Green, 24, was in the pub when he heard a loud bang.

He said: 'I was just having a drink with my mate when there was this loud crashing noise.

'I thought there had been an accident but when I went outside, I saw the road had collapsed.

'The hole is massive. It must nearly cover half of the width of the whole road.

'It is incredible. It is like something you would see in a disaster movie.'

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Panola County man dies after truck drives into pothole

Gigantic 100-metre sinkhole leaves Ukrainian villagers terrified after reports it has swallowed up homes and looks likely to get even BIGGER
29 April 2015

Swallowed up: This huge sinkhole measuring around 100m wide by 60m deep has appeared in the village of Solotvino in the Zakarpatska Oblast region of western Ukraine

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Outbreak of sinkholes this weekend near the diagonal stress being asserted across the U.S.

Sinkholes Across El Paso County Colorado (May 10)

Multiple sinkholes are popping up across El Paso County, posing a threat to motorists.

Authorities were forced to close off the right lane of southbound Centennial, just south of Garden of the Gods Road after a 10-foot deep sinkhole was found.

Another large sinkhole was reported in the area of Academy and Montebello Sunday afternoon.

Drivers are urged to use caution as these sinkholes are likely to continue to pop-up across the Springs.

No word on how long it will take crews to repair the sinkholes.

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Recurring Sinkhole Traps Residents In McLoud, Oklahoma (May 10)

Dozens of families were stuck at home over the weekend because a sinkhole separated their road in two.

On Southeast 121st Street in McLoud, after the first washout earlier in the week, residents on the private road tried to fill the sinkhole with gravel. But only a fraction of the gravel remained on Sunday because Saturday's rain washed it out again.

The 13 by 12 foot sink hole was a sight to see and it stopped more than 20 families from doing what they need to do. They were basically stranded.

And as if being basically stranded wasn't enough, Robert Henson lives just on the other side of the sinkhole and his house was flooded with eight inches of rain.

“We rolled towels up, blocked the doors best we could. I went out of the house through a window,” Henson explained.

And now with no way to haul in any help, he's between a rock and a hard place.

“I have people offering to help but, have them come down here and stand on one side of the road and not be able to get across, it does no good,” Henson said.

Roughly 22 families live on Southeast 121st and the sinkhole is putting a strain on all of them.

“I just came down this morning just to see how bad it was,” said homeowner Stan Byers.

Sunday it was deeper than it was the first time water plowed through it earlier in the week. Residents said it's going to need a new culvert and several truckloads of material to fill it back up. And since it's a private road, these residents said it's up to them to find the resources to repair it.

Some people were able to cross when the sinkhole was filled for a brief hour before being washed out again. They parked their vehicles on the other side and are able to leave. But the others will likely be stuck for several days until the road committee can get crews there to fix it.

Residents are able to walk across a portion of the road there, which is critical in the case of an emergency.

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Large Sinkhole in Granbury Texas (May 10)

The dramatic scene unfolding in front of the Brookshire's supermarket in Granbury on Sunday is evidence of the power of water.

A large chunk of the parking lot along Morgan Street was washed away by flooding, leaving a deep, gaping hole in the pavement estimated at 40 feet across.

By Sunday afternoon, the Granbury City Council convened an emergency meeting at the site of the sinkhole/landslide to discuss the damage here and elsewhere.

Council member Rose Myers showed up with pizza for workers who had been at the scene through the night.

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http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/local/2015/05/10/large-sinkhole-in-g...

Large Sinkhole in Norman Oklahoma (May 9)

The Norman Street Department closed Indian Hills Road at 36th Avenue NE and three other major roadways to ensure public safety.

“You don't want to crawl through, on, under or around. Just avoid them,” said Norman Street Department Superintendent Greg Hall.

And Hall also asked residents to be patient. Crews are working non-stop to temporarily repair every major and minor washout caused by recent flash flooding.

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http://www.news9.com/story/29023199/drivers-near-norman-sink-hole-d...

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A large sinkhole has opened up in Burnaby near the 4800 block of Albert Street on Monday evening. (CBC)

A large sinkhole has opened up in Burnaby near the 4800 block of Albert Street on Monday evening. 

Metro Vancouver crews estimate the sinkhole is 16 feet long, six feet wide and three to four feet deep. 

An investigation is underway into what caused the road to collapse, says Metro Vancouver spokesman Don Bradley. 

Albert Street is closed for one block between Gamma and Delta Avenues. A security crew will watch over the sinkhole overnight and cleanup crews will be back Tuesday morning. 

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Sunset residents frustrated by recurring sinkhole

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Sunset-residents-frustrated-b...

When Mike Wong noticed a depression in the street in front of his Sunset District home, he did what concerned citizens are supposed to do: He called 311 and reported the problem.
A city crew showed up bright and early the next morning and patched the 2-foot-wide chasm, and Wong thought everything was fine.
By 3 p.m., however, the asphalt patch had sunk 6 inches — and by nightfall the thing had completely opened up, forcing the fire department to come out to cordon off the area.
This was far from the first accordion act of open-patch-open for the sinkhole on the 900 block of Quintara Street between 18th and 19th avenues.

The city has repaired the same sinkhole five times since August and three times in April alone, said Rachel Gordon, a Department of Public Works spokeswoman.
Wong, a 45-year-old product developer who has lived on the block for 17 years, was happy the city responded so quickly, but the amount of time and energy that has gone into fixing what he sees as a simple hole is less than encouraging.
“I know it’s hard to get things done in this system and they are trying to get big things done,” he said. “But I’m afraid to know what’s bigger than a gaping hole in the street.”
It turns out the underlying problem lies under the street, as the city faces the daunting task of replacing its aging infrastructure.

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A sinkhole that appear on Albert Street in Burnaby, B.C. on Monday appears to have expanded overnight. (Mike McArthur/CBC)

A large sinkhole that opened up in Burnaby, B.C., near the 4800 block of Albert Street on Monday has grown larger overnight according to worried residents.

Albert Street was closed between Gamma and Delta Avenues after the sinkhole was discovered, but on Tuesday morning residents said more of the road had collapsed overnight.

On Monday evening officials estimated the sinkhole was five metres long, two metres wide and more than a metre deep. 

But Metro Vancouver spokesperson Marilyn Towill said while the road continues to settle, there is no more water coming down and the problem is not getting worse.

"There was quite a bit of gravel that washed out from underneath the asphalt road surface last night when the water was running down. Once that gravel is gone, then the asphalt will settle over time," she said.

"From what we have found so far, it is contained to the utility structure, and we have no concerns it going to threaten people's homes," she said.

The investigation into the exact cause is still underway, but it looks like the sinkhole was caused by the water utilities in the neighbourhood.

"The water came from a chamber up the hill. Looks like it undermined the road, ran along where some previous utility pipes had been running along the road, and has basically washed out the road base, and that's why we see some settlement," said Towill.

Crews will excavate the hole and rebuild the gravel base to repair the road, she said.

Depression Collapses Into Large Sinkhole at Cimarron, Saratoga

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CORPUS CHRISTI (Kiii News) -
It was not too long ago when the City of Corpus Christi blocked off a depression in the road on Cimarron near Saratoga for fear of it becoming a sinkhole. Because of Tuesday mornings heavy rains, that's exactly what happened.

Seismic activity caused sink hole, water leak in Hollister, city says

HOLLISTER, Calif. —A water main leak in Hollister flowed under one man's house and caused a sink hole that swallowed part of his car.

"Saturday afternoon I went in the backyard and I (saw) water coming out of my basement door," homeowner Edward Perreira said. 

Perreira said he has lived at his home on South Street for more than 40 years and he never dreamed he'd see this.

"I've seen sink holes in Florida and other places, but not here. And I have to be the lucky one," he said.

A small river of water flowed for three days under Perreira's home, causing it to lose its foundation. His car was parked in a concrete driveway when its rear tire was swallowed by a 4-foot wide sink hole.

City crews dug into the street Wednesday, found the origin of the problem and shut off the leak. 

"This particular location the pipe crossed the fault, so yes wherever pipes cross the fault, this could happen," said Hollister Management Services Director Mike Chambless.

Chambless called it the Hollister geologic-creep phenomenon. A fault line running through the city and as the plates slowly shift, the pipe just snaps. Chambless said not many pipes run across the fault line, but the sewer line does.

"We're going to inspect the sewer lines to make sure that there's no problems there," Chambless said.

Chambliss said a second leak sprung up Wednesday night nearby along the same pipeline. That leak was quickly plugged up. 

City engineers determined that the leaks and sinkhole were being caused by seismic activity in the Earth's crust. The pipe runs directly above the San Andreas Fault. 

The San Andreas Fault is a strike-slip fault where the North American and Pacific tectonic plates sometimes touch and create earthquakes. 

City representatives said they will foot the water bill, which they estimate being thousands of dollars.

As for Perreira's driveway, Chambless said it's too early to say. The road in front of his house will be closed as crews work tomorrow and next week to repave the street.

Source: http://www.ksbw.com/news/water-leaks-into-hollister-home/33004170

London City Airport delays: 'Hole' in the runway wreaks havoc to morning flights

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/city-airport-delays-hole-i...

Flights were halted at London City Airport this morning by a "hole" which opened up in the runway.

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Incredible image of sinkhole at Branson, Missouri golf resort

Giant Sinkholes Continue to Grow and Multiply in Russian City (May 22)

The latest mysterious sinkhole that has appeared in a Urals city has grown in size four-fold in just three months, officials have said.

First spotted on February 17 during routine observations around crater-hit Berezniki, in Perm Krai, it was found to be just five metres in diameter. The fifth hole to have been found in the town in a decade, it was later measured at 7.5metres.

'At the moment the size of the hole is estimated at about 22 metres,' said Andrey Rodionov. 'It has extended due to the sliding of its walls but it is unlikely to have become any deeper, and is still nine metres deep.'

With a population of about 155,000 people, Berezniki is the second largest city in the Perm region.

There are now five holes around the city, with fears this will only grow. Residents living close to the craters have been moved away from the danger zone, but the threat remains.

The original sinkhole, locally called The Grandfather was initially 80metres long and 40metres wide, but has swelled to a much bigger size.

The building of a school, near the fifth hole, has been abandoned and the school moved to another location.

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http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/n0227-sinkhole-gets-bigg...

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Sinkhole Reported at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport says a sinkhole was discovered near one of the runways in a safety area. Runway 18L is closed until repairs are complete. (Published Tuesday, May 26, 2015)

Runway 18L is back open at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport after a sinkhole was discovered nearby Tuesday morning, airport officials said.

The sinkhole developed in a grassy area about 250 feet between a taxiway and runway 18L after a section of a storm drain became dislodged from the main storm drain line, creating erosion of the soil around the drain, D/FW Airport Spokesman David Magaña said.

The opening was approximately 25-feet by 25-feet, however the exact depth was unknown.

Airfield inspectors found the sinkhole in what's called the safety area, according to Magaña.

Engineers determined the integrity of the runway remains intact, and the runway was not affected by the soil erosion, Magaña said.

The runway was back open by about 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Closure of the runway, one of the four longest at the airport, was having minimal impact on the airport, as the remaining six runways were operational.

Construction crews will begin making repairs on the storm drain Wednesday, but Magaña said the runway would not need to be closed during the repair work.

D/FW Airport reports it's the third busiest airport in the world for air traffic operations and sees approximately 174,000 passengers per day making it ninth in the world for passenger traffic.

Crews in Wagoner County to rescus families stranded by sinkhole

http://www.fox23.com/news/news/local/crews-wagoner-county-rescue-fa...

There is a sinkhole in Wagoner County on Front Street.
About a dozen homes are on the other side.
Wagoner County Emergency Management is working to rescue families.
Wagoner County Emergency Management told FOX23 that they are working to rescue families stuck because of a giant sinkhole on Front Street near 11th and the Creek Turnpike.
They are bringing a crane to help make the road passable for families stuck on the other side.
There are about 12 homes on the other side of the hole. There are no other roads out.
They are bringing in emergency vehicles to further assess the situation.
There are no reports of injuries right now.

Fears of gas leak after massive sinkhole opens above gas main, leaving lorry marooned in Essex road

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/fears-of-gas-leak-after-massive-s...

A lorry was this afternoon stuck straddling a giant sinkhole over a gas main after the road surface "opened up" underneath it.

A hazard zone was set up for 200m surrounding the hole and two gas pipes were exposed on either side of the road.

There was a "smell of gas" in the area, a spokesman for Essex Fire Brigade said.

Hogg Lane in Grays will be shut overnight, chiefs have said. The HGV - pictured in local reports as a Vacu-Lug lorry with an L plate on the back - will be left "exactly where it is" until surveyors come and inspect the road.

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CTV Saskatoon: Van falls into flooded sinkhole

 

A woman and two children escaped Thursday evening after their van fell into a flooded sinkhole.

 

A tow truck pulls a van out of a sinkhole on Saskatoon's 45th Street, near Avenue C, Thursday evening.

A mother and her two young children escaped Thursday evening after their van fell into a flooded sinkhole.

A witness told CTV he was driving on Saskatoon’s 45th Street near Avenue C, around 4:45 p.m., when the van ahead of him plunged into the hole.

He and other drivers pulled over. He said he helped a woman and two kids escape the vehicle.

A two truck pulls a van out of a sinkhole on Saskatoon's 45th Street.

A van driving on Saskatoon's 45th Street plunged into a flooded sinkhole Thursday afternoon, according to a witness. (Submitted: Askandar M Agha)

The mother said her kids -- a one-year-old boy and three-year-old boy -- were sleeping in the vehicle's backseat when the van hit the sinkhole. She tried to avoid the water but the ground collapsed underneath her vehicle.

The three weren't injured, but visibly shaken up. Witnesses said the area was not blocked off with barricades when the incident occurred.

People who work in the area told CTV they phoned police earlier in the day to report what they assumed was a water main break.

Police said city crews responded to the scene.

The van was pulled from the sinkhole just before 6 p.m.

Hello Everyone,

This one is rather an earth crack than a sinkhole,but was not sure where to post it.

It happened a few month ago in Hungary, and is getting bigger.

Local government blame the rain, I m not sure about that ::):):):

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80 méter hosszú és 7 méter mély hasadék van egy Zala megyei község egyik szántóföldjén. A rengeteg csapadék okozta a hatalmas krátert még ősszel. Emiatt viszont minden esőzéskor rengeteg sár zúdul innen a közeli házak udvarába és Gelsesziget főútjára. Baleset is történt már emiatt.

Lanes closed in Northampton town centre after sinkhole opens in road

http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/local/lanes-closed-in-northa...

A sinkhole that opened in the road in Northampton is causing problems for motorists.

The hole, which is being repaired by workers from Anglian Water, appeared over the weekend outside the BBC Northampton building in Lower Mounts.
Two lanes of traffic have been closed heading towards the Grosvenor Centre for a short stretch and temporary traffic lights have been put in place near Northampton College and at the junction of Lower Mounts and York Road.

The pavement between the top of Abington Street and the job centre is also cordoned off with police tape, and the bus stop within the prohibited zone has been temporarily moved outside the job centre building.

Saskatoon: Cement truck falls into back alley sinkhole

http://globalnews.ca/news/2034096/cement-truck-falls-into-saskatoon...

It was a sinking feeling for a morning delivery man in Saskatoon. A cement truck went through a sinkhole in a back alley on Mackie Crescent.

Derek Zary captured the moments afterwards on video.
Zary told Global News the fully loaded cement truck arrived around 8 a.m. Wednesday to make a delivery when it went through the sinkhole.
A crane had to be called in to lift the truck out of the hole – an operation that took three hours. Crews also had to deal with underground power lines, but power to the area did not have to be shut off.

Sergeant scrambles to safety after sinkhole swallows Sheridan police SUV

http://kdvr.com/2015/06/05/massive-sinkhole-swallows-sheridan-polic...

SHERIDAN, Colo. — A Sheridan police sergeant’s SUV went into a massive sinkhole early Friday morning on West Oxford Avenue near River Point Parkway.

Sgt. Greg Miller was taken to Swedish Medical Center to be treated for minor injuries after the accident about 2:15 a.m. as he was traveling eastbound on Oxford at Natches Court.

The Sheridan Police Department said as Miller entered the intersection, the road gave way and collapsed, creating a sinkhole about 10 to 15 feet deep.

“I was on basic patrol driving down the road and the next I know there’s a big bam,” Miller said. “And I realize I’m down in this hole with water rushing around me. Dirt walls. And the only thing I can think of is I better get out of here.”

Miller crawled onto the roof and out of the sinkhole and has since been released from the hospital.

“I climbed through the driver’s side window. Reached up, grabbed the rails on top of the SUV, pulled myself up onto the roof, then reached up onto the pavement and pulled myself out.”

The SUV is a total loss.

Weatherford building about to be swallowed by sinkhole

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Neighbors worried about massive sinkhole on Detroit's west side

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Neighbors on Detroit's west side are worried someone is going to get hurt if a massive sinkhole isn't repaired soon.

The sinkhole, at the intersection of Colfax and Linsdale, is at least 14 feet wide and is swallowing the roadway with each passing day.

Neighbors say complaints to city hall and the water department have not resulted in the road being repaired. After a month of concern, they reached out to 7 Action News.

Curtrise Garner from the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department told us it is a rather intricate repair, and they had to contract it out to make sure it gets done right the first time.

Southwest Colorado Springs neighborhood ravaged by sinkholes

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — One neighborhood is dealing with some massive sinkholes in the middle of the street, causing cars to swerve around them.

Some are worried the problem could get worse if it’s not fixed soon.

The sinkholes are in the southwest part of town on Irvington Court, where there are two, and on Ellsworth Street, which has another.

Neighbors said one sinkhole has been getting worse for around three weeks, while the others are more recent and progressing faster.

Diane Smith said the city isn’t doing nearly enough to fix the problem.

“They’re doing nothing, other than putting cones around, which is not a fix. … It just makes me crazy, because you want to be careful there’s another car coming, you have to stop. It’s just ridiculous,” said Smith.

This problem isn’t going away by itself.

“They’re getting worse,” said Smith. “When we went out yesterday the one down around the corner was sinking, you could see, but it hadn’t gone down. We came up about four hours later and it completely collapsed.”

Smith said she’s disappointed in the city.

“We have not seen one person. Nobody from the city, even driving up to see where they are,” said Smith.

That is angering for her and her neighbors.

“It hasn’t rained in this area and yet they still haven’t been up here, so they don’t have an excuse and I think heavy rain is going to make it much worse,” said Smith.

Sinkhole forces Illawong residents to evacuate

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/sinkhole-forces-illawong-residents-to-eva...

More than a dozen people have fled their homes at Illawong in Sydney's south after a sinkhole swallowed a backyard on Monday afternoon.

The three-metre deep hole opened up about 4pm, forcing police and firefighters to evacuate a row of townhouses on Osprey Drive.

One man was asleep on his couch when he heard a loud crack in his garden outside, the man's friend, Hisham Bashir said.
"He looked outside and the tree had collapsed and the ground started to sink," Mr Bashir said.

"Dirt had sprayed up all over his backyard and on the trampoline. There was dirt all over the windows.

"It's pretty scary, but these things happen," he said.

Police said the hole measured 10 metres by six metres, and was three metres deep. They said it opened up without warning.

Thirteen residents inside the homes were evacuated as a precaution. While most have now returned to their homes, the man who saw the sinkhole open, along with his partner and their six-month-old baby, have not been able to do so.

The townhouses sit on top of a massive garage that services the 22-unit complex, which is prone to flooding, most recently during the Sydney storms in April.

In the south of Moscow there was a sinkhole

Source of image: NTV.ru

Sinkhole occurred near the 23th kilometer of the Moscow Ring Road on Saturday morning, blocked one of the lanes at the "inner ring", told RIA Novosti in Moscow traffic police.

"On the inner side of the road collapsed ground transport currently pass is only two lanes. At the scene builders, they are finishing the restoration work. In parallel, inspection, investigate the cause of what happened," - said the representative office.

According to information service "Yandex" according to 10.50 MSK on the inner side of the Moscow Ring Road in the vicinity of Kashira Highway traffic jam was formed almost a ten. On the outside the Moscow Ring Road in the vicinity of Kashira Highway traffic jam there for about three kilometers.

Source: ria.ru

Large sinkhole opens on Lenexa golf course

Canyon Farms shortens hole, keeps course open

LENEXA, Kan. —A big sinkhole has opened up on a Lenexa golf course.

The sinkhole is on the left side of the fairway on the 13th hole at Canyon Farms Golf Course. Despite the change in the landscape, the course and the hole itself remain open.

“I believe it’s par 4,” said golfer Jerry Nelson. “But they have set the tee box way up front about 120 yards out.”

Shortening the hole takes the sinkhole out of play.

A statement from the owners said a portion of the course is built over a nonoperating limestone mine. The statement said the majority of the mine is considered stable, according to various geotechnical studies.

Nelson and his partner said they took a good look at the sinkhole as they played the course.

“We walked to walk around and look into it a little bit. It looks like everything has sunk 10 feet or so,” Nelson said. “The green from the grass is down about 8 to 10 feet, something like that.”

Canyon Farms management said sinkholes on golf courses are common. Nelson said it was first one he has ever seen. Recent wet weather may have been a factor in causing the sinkhole to open up.

The owners said they’re trying to figure out how to repair the sinkhole.

Source: http://www.kmbc.com/news/large-sinkhole-opens-on-lenexa-golf-course... 

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Nine sinkholes in 3 months scare locals in central town

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Karapınar, a town of some 48,000 people in the central province of Konya, was once known for its desert-like landscape dotted with countless dunes that rain dust on the town in bad weather. Now it faces another threat, this time from underground in the form of sinkholes.

Nine sinkholes, with some reaching 70-meters in depth, have emerged over the past three months in the town. Although they were not in residential areas, locals live in fear that a massive sinkhole could devour buildings.

Sinkholes have been common in the area since 1997, but their size has considerably increased in the past two years, during which 12 sinkholes have emerged. Dirican says the figure may be higher, as some landowners do not report sinkholes in their fields so that they are not closed to use for agriculture.

Experts link over 200 sinkholes in the region outside Karapınar to recent downpours.

Epic sinkhole shuts down street in the Junction

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A sinkhole as large as a SUV opened up today on Runnymede just south of Dundas West in the Junction. Police quickly closed the street to traffic and the TTC has diverted the 79 Scarlett Rd and 71 Runnymede buses indefinitely until the road is sufficiently repaired.

While the sinkhole isn't as large as those seen elsewhere, it was large enough to make the evening news and get some attention on social media.

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Phetkasem Road collapses into itself (PHOTOS)

BANGKOK: -- Several motorists faced a dilemma when they could not go any further or turn back after a sinkhole the width of Phetkasem Road in the Bang Khae just opened out of the blue last night.

Luckily, no accident was reported after the road surface collapsed into a hole about a meter deep at 10pm.

Photos of the hole spread online and being a Thursday night, created a small but feeble meme opportunity.

Exmouth beach cordoned off as large mystery hole appears (England)

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-33378065

A large mystery hole which spurted "big plumes of water" and sent plants and snails shooting into the air has appeared on a beach.

The coastguard at Exmouth beach cordoned off the 15ft (4.6m) by 15ft hole on Thursday afternoon.

When the coastguard team arrived they said the surrounding sand was soft and fresh holes were appearing.

Kite surf instructor James Dart said: "I looked over and there were big plumes of water coming out of the beach it was all bubbling up much like a geyser, it was probably going about a foot above the beach - it was quite tremendous sight.

Massive sinkhole near Chene and Medbury on Detroit's east side

DETROIT (WXYZ) - A Detroit roadway gives way, creating a danger for passing drivers. 

The massive sinkhole is at least 25 feet wide and several feet deep. The images are startling. 

"We were driving down Chene, next thing we knew, we just missed the giant sinkhole." Pastor Barry Randolph said. "It's amazing we didn't fall in."

At the time, the sinkhole wasn't marked to alert Randolph and others to the danger. Instead of driving by, the Pastor and his niece turned around. 

With the help of other good Samaritans, they were able to block the road until help could arrive. A cab driver blocked the road and a DTE crew blocked the area with cones and caution tape.

Neighbors say crews patched the roadway last week, then sometime Monday, the road gave way. 

Within an hour of alerting the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, a crew arrived to look at the damage.  A short time after that, several crews arrived to begin repairs.

Source: http://www.wxyz.com/news/region/detroit/massive-sinkhole-near-chene... 

Sinkhole on Eglinton Ave. W. partially closes road near Keele St.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/sinkhole-on-eglinton-ave-w-pa...

Toronto police are warning people to avoid a section of Eglinton Avenue West where a large sinkhole has opened up.

Police said the six-metre long sinkhole — large enough to swallow a car — opened up on Eglinton Avenue West, between Keele Street and Richardson Avenue.

Anne Marie Aikins, a spokeswoman for Metrolinx, said construction on the Eglinton Crosstown LRT line was not responsible for the sinkhole.

"As soon as we heard about the issue this morning we sent our team to the site and they determined it's unrelated to our construction and hasn't impacted their work on the Crosstown," Aikins wrote in an email to CBC News.

Locals troubled by 15 fresh sinkholes in Armala, Nepal.

Armala village, near Pokhara, witnesses numerous sinkholes once again

July 12, 2015

sinkholes of various sizes have appeared in Armala village, near Pokhara, of Kaski district, once again.

Around one and half years ago, dozens of sinkholes had been formed in Armala, terrorising and displacing hundreds of local residents from the village.

Though land had stopped caving in after a few months, it has restarted recently, making the villagers anxious.

A local informed that at least 15 holes have appeared in the village in last three days.

Liladhar Acharya, another local and chairman of Armala Disaster Management Committee, said the villagers are going through sleepless nights amid fear of possible destruction.

The caving-in has put a private school and six individual houses as well as drinking water pipes, electricity and telephone lines and roads of the area at a high risk.

Locals have warned that possible destruction in the village may cause a blockage in supply of drinking water, electricity and telephone lines to the Lake City.

An expert team from the Department of Mines and Geology had recommended not to plant paddy – and any crop requiring irrigation – in the village. However, the villagers apparently overruled the recommendation and planted paddy recently.

They had left around 500 ropani field bare last year, owing to the recommendation. That had incurred a loss of around Rs 90 million, according to Acharya.

The geo-physical survey team had also concluded that excessive use of natural resources including encroachment on water resources was the major cause of the disaster.

A senior expert from the Department, Shree Kamal Dwivedi, said paddy plantation should be prohibited in the area for at least next five years.

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Terrifying Road Collapse in Eastern China (Jul 13)

A cement truck, telephone pole and police kiosk were swallowed into the ground during a terrifying road collapse in Anhui province. 3 people were injured when the busy road opened up.

The 1,000 square-feet sinkhole in Anhui province appeared in front of a department store in the city, which has closed temporarily.

The cause of the collapse is still under investigation.

There have been a series of road collapses across China over recent years

Source

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/peoplesdaily/article-3160726/Three-...

Sinkhole swallows car in Hastings

http://westchester.news12.com/news/sinkhole-swallows-car-in-hasting...

A driver in Hastings had some scary moments on Tuesday when her minivan was swallowed by a sinkhole.
The driver of a minivan says she was parking when the ground gave way on Broadway at the River Glen Apartment Complex.
Officials say the sinkhole may have been caused by an underground drainage problem.
Firefighters say the hole exposed a gas line but that it posed no danger

Large 'Land Shift' at Kansas Playground (Jul 17)

The Shawnee Mission School District is trying to figure out what to do about what they call a land shift outside Ray Marsh Elementary School.

The school has closed off the playground to visitors because it’s too dangerous for kids to go near it. The land has shifted, forming a giant hole where some kids play. What’s left is crumbling asphalt, a giant puddle and caution tape everywhere.

It’s not the playground Joe Anderson remembers his kids playing on nearly every day at school.

“We often after school just go walking around and stuff, so it’s kind of surprising that something like that would be around,” Anderson said.

The school district won’t say what’s to blame for the ground suddenly sinking along the fence and are only calling it a land shift.

Charlie McComb worries about taking his 2-year-old son to visit the playground.

“We like to go up there, he likes it quite a bit. It’d be nice if they get it fixed,” he said.

The massive rains we’ve seen this summer could be to blame. The playground is built along a retaining wall.

“You wouldn’t think a lot of rain would be enough for a whole hillside to fall off on a place where there’s children at,” McComb said.

Right now school officials don’t know whether they will have to delay the start of school because of the damage.

Source

http://www.kctv5.com/story/29576393/land-shift-forms-giant-hole-nea...

http://www.wgem.com/story/29582562/2015/07/19/pike-county-man-dies-... 

Pike County man dies after driving into sinkhole

Posted: Jul 19, 2015 4:55 PM EDT

PIKE COUNTY, Ill. (WGEM) -

A Pike County man died early Sunday morning after his vehicle drove directly into a sinkhole following a road collapse.

Pike County Sheriff Paul Petty says they responded to a single vehicle crash on County Highway 2, 1.5 miles east of New Salem.  Petty says emergency personnel found an Illinois Rural Electric Cooperative work truck, which had responded due to power outages during a storm.

Petty says it was believed the roadway had collapsed above a culvert running directly under the road. Heavy rains weakened the structured.  He says the vehicle drove directly into the road collapse. The roadway, which is twenty-two feet wide, collapsed and sunk directly below, which created a hole over twenty feet long and the entire width of the roadway.

The driver of the vehicle, Robert W. Moss, 52, of Pittsfield, was pronounced dead at the scene and later taken to Niebur Funeral Home. 

REA released a statement, saying in the dark rain, Moss likely never saw what was coming. 

Petty believes the crash happened sometime between 5am and 6am Sunday morning.  He says the road is closed and will likely be closed for several weeks for repair.

Papua New Guinea sinkhole destroys 16 houses, injures two

July 21, 2015

A sinkhole in Papua New Guinea's east has destroyed 16 houses and injured two people, local media says.

The Post-Courier reported the sinkhole appeared in the swampy Ambunti area of East Sepik Province and caused panic among locals.

Photos on social media showed huge cracks in the soil, as well as collapsed houses.

The newspaper quoted a witness who said the sinkhole formed about midday on Saturday, near the Sepik River.

The ABC has been unable to reach emergency officials.

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BACKHOE GETS STUCK OVER LARGE SINKHOLE IN ROSELAND

http://abc7chicago.com/news/backhoe-stuck-in-large-sinkhole-in-fern...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A backhoe got stuck over a large sinkhole in the Roseland neighborhood on Chicago's Far South Side.

The Chicago Water Dept. said they were called to the area Wednesday afternoon for a sewer cave-in. The backhoe was attempting to temporarily cover a hole in 103rd St. with a metal plate when more of the street gave way.

The driver was able to exit the backhoe safely. Residents said they noticed the road had a problem weeks ago.

"I noticed a little dip in the street right here," says Cunard Buchanon. "At first it was a small dip, then throughout the first week it was spreading it a bit, getting a little bit wider like a bowl. Today, I'm driving my cousin to day camp, we drove over it, I'm like, this is gonna open up today."

On Wednesday night, a crane gently lifted the backhoe off the hole and revealed the problem - a broken sewer main. Water department officials said the sewer main is made out of brick and was built in 1898.

"We're targeting all of the old infrastructure, the old sewer mains, the old water mains and we're replacing them," said Dep. Cmsr. Dwayne Hightower, Dept. of Water Management.

Crane to remove drill rig from Citrus sinkhole

http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/con...

PINE RIDGE --
Drilling a well outside a Citrus County home wasn’t supposed to form huge sinkhole swallowing the drilling rig, but that’s exactly what happened Thursday.

“Things were going pretty good then the ground just gave away,” said neighbor Judd Garvin.

Judd Garvin who lives near the home saw it happen right before his eyes yesterday. On Friday, he and a group of neighbors get to watch a 250-ton crane pull the now bent drill rig out of the 30-feet-deep hole.

But crews say it won’t be an easy hook.

“The nature of the lift is rather challenging -- the drill rig itself is around 56,000 pounds,” said VP of Citrus Well Drilling Inc., Todd Townsend.

Crews fear the crane will also sink due to the weight which is why crews are laying blocks on the ground as padding underneath it.

Citrus Well Drilling says a hole of that size is a rare occurrence.

“We’ve been drilling for 40 years, this is the second one we’ve experienced with this size and magnitude,” said Townsend.

Crews plan to be on scene for several more hours working on making sure they pull the rig out safely.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3178902/Roads-caravans-swal...

The Dead Sea is shrinking! Roads, caravans and power lines are swallowed up by giant sinkholes that are appearing as waters vanish from Israeli shores 

• Giant sinkholes forming at a dramatic rate on the Israeli shoreline are swallowing roads, caravans and power lines
• Hundreds of sinkholes, some the size of a basketball court, are rapidly forming because the Dead Sea is shrinking
• Waters are vanishing at rate of more than one metre a year and the problem is set to get worse without global action
• Happening because its natural water sources have been diverted for farming and drinking water, and due to mining

Roads, caravans and power lines are being swallowed up by giant sinkholes appearing at a rapid rate because the Dead Sea is shrinking from Israeli shores in a man-made phenomenon.

Hundreds of sinkholes, some the size of a basketball court and some two storeys deep, are wreaking havoc by devouring land where the shoreline once stood.

Waters are vanishing at a rate of more than one metre a year and the problem is set to get worse without action on an international scale.

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Worrying phenomenon: Hundreds of sinkholes, some the size of a basketball court and some two storeys deep, are wreaking havoc by devouring land where the Israeli shoreline once stood. It is happening because the Dead Sea is shrinking at a rapid rate 

Ongoing problem: Once a rarity, hundreds of new sinkholes are appearing every year, and the rate is expected to rise. Officials have not come up with a figure for the extent of the damage, but power lines have been downed and caravans and bungalows swallowed

Isolated: The main reason the sea is shrinking is because its natural water sources, which flow south through the Jordan river valley from Syria and Lebanon, have been diverted for farming and drinking water along the way. Pictured is a utility pole standing in the Dead Sea

http://www.sott.net/article/299682-Sinkhole-swallows-car-in-Fernand...

Sinkhole swallows car in Fernandina Beach, Florida

Sat, 01 Aug 2015 15:59 UTC

Car in sinkhole

No one was injured when a sinkhole swallowed a car at an apartment complex in Fernandina Beach. 

It happened Saturday at the Amelia Landings complex. 

The sheriff's office believe the sinkhole formed after a water main break. 

Crews were working to repair the sinkhole Saturday night. 

Giant Sinkhole Engulfs New York City Intersection (Aug 4)

A massive sinkhole has swallowed up an intersection in Brooklyn, New York, snarling up traffic and causing water and gas outages to nearby buildings.

Dramatic images show the gaping hole in the corner of 64th Street and 5th Avenue, located just a short block away from the I-278, also known as the Gowanus Expressway, in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood.

The crater appeared shortly after 7:00am on Tuesday. There were no injuries.

“There were cars on it just minutes before,” Frank Bowman, whose rooftop surveillance camera captured the cave-in, told WCBS radio. “There was no warning, this thing just happened quick.”

Fire department and utility crews are at the site, securing the area and attempting to reconnect the severed utility lines, local media report. Police have blocked 5th Avenue, the area’s busiest road. The crater, measuring 20 feet (six meters) deep and 20 feet across, has become a neighborhood attraction.

“I’ve never seen anything like this,” one man told WCBS reporters. “This is really crazy.”

Source

https://www.rt.com/usa/311579-brooklyn-sinkhole-/

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/08/06/school-bus-sinkhole-bronx/

School Bus With Special Needs Students Gets Trapped In Sinkhole In The Bronx

Big sinkhole in Colo. Springs getting bigger

http://www.9news.com/story/news/local/2015/08/11/colorado-springs-s...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - City officials say a large sinkhole in northwest Colorado Springs is getting bigger.

Aaron Egbert, a civil engineer with the city, tells The Gazette the sinkhole opened on North Chestnut Street after heavy rain Monday and was last measured at 25 feet deep, 15 feet wide and 25 feet long. He added that the area is extremely unstable, and it's unclear when repairs will be completed.

Additional rainfall is anticipated over the next few days.

The road is closed to vehicles, and pedestrians and cyclists are being asked to stay out of the area.

Second Sinkhole Opens Up In East Boston

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/08/11/east-boston-sinkhole-water-ma...

BOSTON (CBS) — A second sinkhole popped up in East Boston overnight, causing more trouble for residents Tuesday morning.
The sinkholes were spurred a 10-inch water main break on Cottage Street on Monday evening, which flooded some homes and cars.
Photos taken by Boston firefighters showed a car that had to be pulled out of the initial sinkhole.
There was still lots of repair work to be done on Tuesday, and water and gas service was shut off for some Cottage Street residents.

2nd giant Chinese sinkhole in 2 days swallows entire building (VIDEO)

https://www.rt.com/news/312341-sinkhole-china-building-collapse/

China has experienced one of its worst urban disasters of recent times. An entire building, together with the ground underneath, has collapsed and sunk into a massive hole.
The incident has occurred in Guangdong province, in Dongguan. Evidence of the monster disaster first appeared on LiveLeak in the early hours of Thursday.
The video shows the ground giving way suddenly, as the entire structure collapses onto itself and then downward. The incident took place at a construction site, local media reports.
What’s worse, the 300 square-meter hole that appeared is actually the second incident in just two days. Both holes are said to be at the area of a subway building site in the city of Dongguan, according to the South China Morning Post.

This second hole is said to have appeared at 10am local time on Thursday, according to Guangdong’s local Southern Metropolis News, as cited by the Post.

Multiple Vehicles Consumed in Wisconsin Road Failure (Aug 14)

About 300 residents have evacuated an apartment complex in Madison, Wisconsin, after a water pipe broke, causing gas leak concerns and creating a sinkhole that swallowed several vehicles.

Madison Fire Department spokeswoman Cynthia Schuster says emergency personnel were called to the River’s Edge Apartments shortly before 5 a.m. Friday.

Schuster says the department is monitoring the complex for explosive gases and that water service has been turned off at all four buildings.

Several vehicles were submerged or partially submerged in the water-filled sinkhole.

The State Journal says residents were asked to leave two of the buildings in which the power was cut off.

Source

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/water-pipe-break-causes-ma...