http://www.edp24.co.uk/property/norwich_s_plantation_garden_to_be_c...

Norwich’s Plantation Garden to be closed until at least Monday as 20ft hole opens at side of MJB Hotel on Earlham Road

06:30 09 April 2016

The hole which has opened up causing subsidence to the MJB hotel on Earlham Road, Norwich. PHOTO BY SIMON FINLAY

Investigations are continuing today after a gaping 20ft hole forced a hotel to be cordoned off and the evacuation of Norwich’s Plantation Garden, which will remain closed over the weekend.

The hole, believed to be caused by the collapse of an old mining tunnel beneath the ground, opened up at the side of the Plantation Hotel, in Earlham Road, yesterday.

Fears for the structure of the hotel led to a cordon being put up around it. A large crack was visible near the main entrance and a nearby window was pushed out of alignment.

Surveyors from CNC Building Control found the cracks extended from the Grade II-listed hotel across the car park and into a medieval wall of the Plantation Garden next door.

Subsidence at MJB Plantation Hotel on Earlham Road, Norwich. Picture: ANTONY KELLY

That led to a decision to evacuate the gardens just before 2pm yesterday. Police were called to the scene and five people in the gardens, including a family of four, had to leave.

The gardens were closed, with police tape over the gates, and will remain so until at least Monday.

Roger Connah, chairman of the Plantation Garden Preservation Trust, said he had received a call from Tony Burlingham, who owns the hotel, part of the MJB string of properties, at 2pm.

The bus which went down a hole in Earlham Road in 1988, near where the latest hole has opened up.

Mr Connah said: “There is an issue of subsidence in the corner of the hotel with the cracks leading to a major wall in the Plantation Garden.

“So, the decision was quickly and sensibly taken to close the garden and they have had to shut the hotel. I don’t know how long that will be for, whether it is for a day or for a month. We’re waiting to see.

“But we’ve decided to keep the gardens closed until Monday, when we will decide what to do based on advice.”

http://www.abc2news.com/news/region/anne-arundel-county/massive-sin...

Massive sinkhole opens up in Linthicum in Anne Arundel County

It has downed large trees, a large portion of a chain-link fence and virtually anything else in its path.

It's a 15-by-40 foot sinkhole, and Lucy Miller says it's creeping closer to her house every day.

"It's moving, and it's moving towards my property and I don't want these trees to all come down and I don't want anybody to get hurt,” Miller said. “That's my problem."

Miller and her husband, Jerry, approached the nearby Lynn Hill Apartments about the problem and were told the hole is on county land.

The county said it was the state, because it sits along a state road, and the state pointed back to the apartment complex as the owner of the land. 

"It seems that someone could go to the records bureau some place and pull out the deed to see who owns the property, but it seems to be too much of a bother for somebody or they just don't want to admit it," Jerry Miller said.

Adding to the Millers' frustration is the fact that it took years for them to get someone to fix the first sinkhole here years ago. 

This is now the second time they've had to try to get to the bottom of the mystery surrounding who is responsible for the property, the runoff that created it and the risk it poses to the many children who live in the apartments above it.

"Well, they fixed it before,” Lucy said. “There was a big hole there before.  Somebody fixed it, but they didn't fix it right, because it came back again."

"Nobody knows,” Jerry Miller said. “The apartments said they didn't fix it.  The state said they didn't fix it, but somebody fixed it."

While the ownership of the massive sinkhole remains a mystery, the Millers say it could be a real tragedy if tons of dirt and soil should collapse on top of someone risking their life.

http://www.kcra.com/news/video-captures-road-collapse-in-central-va...

Video captures road collapse in Central Valley city

Madera police post video of crumbing road on Facebook

Published  4:30 PM PDT Apr 11, 2016

A roadway collapsed in Madera Monday, April 11, 2016.

Madera Police Department

MADERA, Calif. (KCRA) —It’s something out of a movie: a roadway slowly crumbles, creating a 15 to 20 feet deep hole.

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A large portion of a Madera road collapsed into the sewer line below Monday afternoon, the Madera Police Department said.

A video of the collapsing roadway on Schnoor Avenue, just north of Howard Avenue and south of 5th Street, was posted on the police department’s Facebook page.

Police said it’s unknown what caused the 12- by 15-foot area to give way, but it is "likely due to the recent rains."

The collapsed section of Schnoor Avenue is expected to be closed for an extended period of time.

Madera is located in Madera County and is about 25 miles north of Fresno.

Watch video here: https://www.facebook.com/641767625867582/videos/vb.641767625867582/...

http://strangesounds.org/2016/04/giant-sinkhole-swallows-front-yard...

Giant sinkhole swallows front yard in Des Moines, Iowa

Apr 13 2016

This giant sinkhole appeared overnight in a front yard of a Des Moines house…

And the crater keeps on growing up. Will it swallow the whole house?

The cavity started forming at around 12:30 am and first start swallowing the edge.

But it wasn’t enough. Since then, the whole had expanded dramatically and by 7:00 a.m. it had even sucked down a tree.

According to officials, the pit is about 40 feet deep and still expanding.

As you might know there are 223 acres of coal mine shafts in the area and a map shows there is a vertical shaft near that exact home!

and another:

http://abc7.com/news/sinkhole-opens-up-on-courts-at-huntington-park...

Basketball courts collapse at Huntington Park high school

Crews are working to repair a man-made water collection basin which has prompted the collapse of the basketball courts at Linda Esperanza Marquez High School in Huntington Park.

Los Angeles Unified School District officials say they've been monitoring the basin since it began to fail months ago.

"That pavement began to settle, we noticed in January, and it's continued to settle to the point that it's collapsed now back into the man-made hole that we created," LAUSD Chief Facility Executive Mark Hovatter said.

Hovatter says the gaping hole is what's left of a retention basin designed to collect stormwater, so it could soak into the aquifer instead of pouring out into the street. It's essentially an underground pond that's been covered over with pavement.

"Right now, we're still trying to investigate exactly which of those structure members failed. We'd like to know who's accountable for this, and then what we have to do to correct it," Hovatter said.

He says 40 of them have been installed at local schools, and that two others have experienced minor problems but nothing like this.

The crater has been a big fascination for students. It's been fenced off and off limits to people since cracks and settling were spotted at the start of the year.

As of Tuesday, the hole was about 45 by 75 feet long and about eight feet deep.

"It got all of a sudden way bigger after the weekend, and who knows what could happen after it sinks in," student Juan Sotelo said.

But LAUSD officials say the crater is done growing, and that there's no reason for anyone to be concerned.

"We know exactly where it's going to end. It's going to end where we see it today. There's no danger of this spreading over. The neighbors next door don't need to worry that their house is going to get sucked up in a sinkhole," Hovatter said.

The high school is located at 6361 Cottage Street. The fix is expected to take between two to three months, officials said.

http://www.newswest9.com/story/31755632/sinkhole-causes-road-closur...

Sinkhole causes road closure, detour set

Monday, April 18th 2016, 6:17 pm EDT

WACO, TX (KXXV) -

On Monday morning, city crews discovered a large sinkhole in the 900 block of E. Herring Avenue.

The 15 to 20 feet deep sinkhole shut down the westbound lane of E. Herring between J.J. Flewellen and Dan Rowe

According to the Water Utilities Public Relations Coordinator Jonathan Echols, the collapse of a 24-inch Waco Metropolitan Regional Sewerage System sanitary sewer main may have caused the sinkhole. 

Echols said the rain could be a contributing factor to the sinkhole. Crews will wait until the rain subsides and the ground is dry to determine the cause of the sinkhole.

Westbound Herring Ave., from J.J. Flewellen Rd. to Dallas Street will remain closed until the repairs are complete, which could take, at least, three to four weeks.

A detour has been set up using Dallas St. and Faulkner Ln.

This sinkhole is the third one in that general area in the past 18 months, according to Echols. One developed on Herring Avenue and MLK Jr. Blvd in July and the other one happened a block from that location.  

The 24-inch sewer main that may have been affected this time feeds into a line that collapsed when a sinkhole developed on Herring Ave. and MLK Jr. Blvd in July.

No sewage was released to the surrounding area and water pressure is not expected to be affected, according to Echols.

Sinkholes Drain 2 More Rivers in Eastern Mexico (Apr 20)

Two rivers in the mountains of the Mexican Gulf state of Veracruz have started to dry up following the appearance of sinkholes, bringing to three the number of rivers in the region that have drained into the subsoil in less than two months, officials said.

Residents and officials said the flow of the Tliapa and Tlacuapa rivers has been reduced by half, with the water streaming into sinkholes.

The rivers start in the mountain cities of Chocaman and Calcahualco, and flow into the Seco River in Cordoba, a city in central Veracruz.

Residents of the community of Tecolotla told officials that the first sinkhole formed in a place called Puente de Piedra, where water from one of the rivers began draining into the subsoil.

A second sinkhole appeared about one kilometer (0.62 miles) downriver, beyond where the two rivers join, residents said.

“The Tliapa and Tlacuapa rivers have now reduced their flow by up to 50 percent,” Tomatlan emergency management chief Tobias Carrillo Morales said.

Source

http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2410406&CategoryId=14091

Cause of Mount Vernon sinkhole not yet determined, road to remain closed (4/24/16)

Engineers have not yet been able to determine what caused a partial street collapse in Mount Vernon over the weekend, and say the area will remain blocked off for an indefinite amount of time.

The sinkhole opened up in the 100 block of West Centre Street around 5 a.m. Saturday, and the street has been closed off since. Traffic is being routed north around the sinkhole.

The street has since been stabilized and water restored to a small number of customers who lost it. A six-inch water main, BGE lines and stormwater drains in the area were damaged in the collapse.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-s...

http://www.nola.com/traffic/index.ssf/2016/04/canal_street_sinkhole...

Canal Street collapses beside tunnel under Harrah's Casino

Part of the lakebound traffic lanes on Canal Street in New Orleans collapsed Friday (April 29) adjacent to a 50-year-old tunnel under Harrah's Casino. No injuries were reported as the lanes have been closed for a week.

New Orleans contracted in 1964 with Boh Brothers Construction Co. and other companies to build the 700-foot-long tunnel, designed to usher six lanes of high-speed highway traffic between Canal and Poydras streets. It was to be the subterranean section of the otherwise elevated riverfront expressway.

Watch the step! Street evacuated after 60ft-deep sinkhole appears right outside the front doors of a row of homes in a London housing estate. Plumstead S.E. London

Residents have been evacuated from their homes after a 60ft-deep sinkhole opened up on a housing estate in London. 

The gaping hole was discovered yesterday afternoon in Plumstead, south east London, forcing 48 residents to leave their homes.

The chasm appeared outside a row of front doors and swallowed up a huge chuck of tarmac, prompting emergency services to create a 25m hazard zone as a precaution.

Most residents spend the night in a nearby sports hall, while others stayed with family and friends. It is not clear when they will able to return to their properties.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3571193/Watch-step-Street-e...

Greenwich sinkhole may have 'serious impact' on house prices (5/12/16)

...On Thursday officers from the Metropolitan Police were working to save a car swallowed by a giant sink hole that opened up on Woodland Terrace, a leafy residential road in Charlton.

The crevice, which consumed half of the road and is several metres deep, is the second to have opened up in the area in as many weeks.

...Last week, in nearby Plumstead, the London Fire Brigade was forced to evacuate 48 people from their properties after gaping 60 foot hole opened on the doorstep of a middle-of-terrace house.

...Sinkholes opening up under the borough of Greenwich in south-east London are threatening to drive house prices into the ground, estate agents have warned.

In recent years large holes have been discovered across the borough, which experts have blamed on underground chalk caverns and disused mines which are “littered” across the district.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/12/car-falls-down-sinkhole-...

Second SF Sinkhole In 36 Hours Opens Up (5/12/16)

The depression in the road, around a foot and a half across, was reported around 9 a.m. on Polk Street at Post Street, according to San Francisco Public Utilities Commission spokesman Charles Sheehan.

...The latest sinkhole appeared only 36 hours after another much larger sinkhole opened up on Mission Street at New Montgomery Tuesday evening.

...The hole is roughly nine feet deep, and a broken sewer main was found at the bottom. Repairs on the Mission Street sinkhole were expected to take until at least Thursday evening.

article: http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/05/12/second-sf-sinkhole-in-3...

second photo: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/05/11/terrifying...

Giant Sinkhole Swallows 4 Cars in China (May 22)

A group of Chinese motorists have been left stunned as they watched their cars be swallowed by a huge sinkhole in the middle of a busy road.

The vehicles were parked at the time of the incident in the congested Chinese city of Ruijin.

The natural disaster has left local residents and authorities stunned.

The opening was reportedly 30 metres wide and also swallowed a nearby tree.

Sources

https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/31672882/giant-sinkhole-swallows-four-c...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3603667/Driver-watches-horr...

Missouri Lake Mysteriously Draining (May 14)

St. Louis County officials are trying to figure out why a lake in Lone Elk Park is drying up.

On May 14, park officials noticed water levels in the man-made lake started dropping. It is estimated as much of seven feet of water is gone.

Park employees have done some checking but are not sure why the lake is leaking. But the head of park operations thinks a sinkhole may have collapsed under the lake.

The body of water is the centerpiece of a park that features roaming elk and bison. The lake is stocked with bass and is a fishing spot.

The fish will die if the lake keeps drying up. Authorities say they may not know the true source of the problem until the lake is completely dry.

Source

http://www.kmov.com/story/31988583/lake-in-st-louis-co-park-mysteri...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3608437/Dozens-cars-swallow...

Dozens of cars are swallowed up in massive 600ft road collapse along river in Florence after underground water pipe bursts 

• Fire fighters were called to banks of the Arno river in Florence this morning
• The 600ft long and 21ft wide collapse swallowed up dozens of parked cars
• Emergency services believe road gave way because of a burst water pipe

This was the dramatic scene after dozens of cars were swallowed up in a massive 600ft road collapse along a river in Italy.

Emergency crews were called to the banks of the Arno river in the Italian city of Florence amid reports a huge section had given way by the water's edge.

The collapse, which was 600ft long and 21ft wide, is thought to have been caused by a ruptured water pipe.

This was the dramatic scene after dozens of cars were swallowed up in a massive 600ft road collapse along a river in Italy

Emergency crews were called to the banks of the Arno river in the Italian city of Florence amid reports a huge section had given way by the water's edge

The collapse, which was 600ft long and 21ft wide, is thought to have been caused by a ruptured water pipe

Firefighters block off the area where a chasm opened along Arno river near the Ponte Vecchio Old Bridge, in Florence, Italy

Pictures show how the river wall buckled after the collapse and huge cracks opened up in the surface of the road.

Large Sinkhole Closes Interstate 5 Near Tracy CA; Cause Under Investigation

http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2016/05/31/sinkhole-closes-nb-i-5-ne...

VERNALIS (CBS13) – A sinkhole along Interstate 5 in San Joaquin County is diverting traffic.

The sinkhole is just south of Highway 33, Caltrans says.

Northbound I-5 at Highway 132 will be closed for at least two to three days due to the sinkhole. A detour has been set up at Highway 33.

A Caltrans maintenance crew found the small hole on Tuesday morning, but that hole wouldn’t stay small for long. Caltrans says the hole was 15 feet and growing and crews will have to tear apart the roadway to find the source of the sinkhole.

How deep they will have to dig will be debatable—potentially up to 20 feet.

An irrigation pipe underneath could potentially have played a role, but crews are still investigating.

The road is expected to be closed through Thursday.

Massive Sinkhole in Downtown Ottawa Causes Gas Leaks, Evacuations - June 8

Traffic came to a standstill in downtown Ottawa Wednesday morning after a sinkhole left a gaping hole in one of its major thoroughfares.

The hole stretches almost the entire width of Rideau St., across from the busy Rideau Centre shopping mall, at the corner of Sussex Dr.

The cave-in spread from one side of the street to the next, causing a parked black van to fall into the hole at about 11:30 a.m., said Andre da Costa, who was nearby.

“There was this puff of . . . I’m not sure what it was . . . maybe it was water, maybe it was dust in the sinkhole,” he said. “Shortly after that puff of dirt, you could see the car just tilting and then (it) just toppled into the sinkhole taking a light stand with it.”

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson said the cause of the collapse is not known, but that the excavation for the LRT was located “substantially below” the water main.

The street is likely to be shut down for the next few days as investigators determine the cause of the damage and begin repairs, said Chief Anthony Di Monte, with Ottawa Paramedic Services.

Nearby buildings were evacuated due to concerns about a gas leak, the city said on Twitter. Hodder had to make his way out onto the roof of the Rideau Centre, which is located some five storeys below his office.

“The smell of gas was overwhelming,” he said.

Hodder and his colleagues navigated their way through the darkened shopping mall, which was lit by emergency lights and the sunlight that poured in through skylights.

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/06/08/road-collapses-in-do...

http://www.voacambodia.com/a/sinkhole-opens-in-phom-penh-worrying-r...

Sinkhole Opens in Phnom Penh, Worrying Residents

11 June 2016

​​Onlookers watch the cars sink in a hole by a construction site by Phnom Penh's Olympic Stadium after a heavy rain on Wednesday, June 8, 2016. (Courtesy of SBN)

The city is thought to be at high risk of sinkholes due to its position astride numerous lakes, which the government has filled in over the years to expand the land on which it can build.

PHNOM PENH — 

The onset of monsoon rains in Phnom Penh this week opened a sinkhole on a busy road close to the iconic Olympic Stadium.

The city is thought to be at high risk of sinkholes due to its position astride numerous lakes, which the government has filled in over the years to expand the land on which it can build.

Residents living close to a large skyscraper project next to the sinkhole have become concerned.

Hout Hang, 60, who saw the road collapse during a rainstorm on Wednesday, said he had watched in amazement as the tarmac gave way.

“It just suddenly happened, and three cars fell into the sinkhole,” he said. “Luckily the cars were just parked there, otherwise, if people were driving, it would be dangerous and could have killed people,” he said.

“I think the construction is too close to the road and that made it collapse,” he added, referring to a nearby construction site.

Prak Heng, 49, a moto-taxi driver, said the collapse had followed hours of torrential rainfall.

“We all went to see what had happened and search for the cars’ owners.”

Se Veoun, 60, a local resident, said the community was now scared that the same could happen on their property.

“Before this huge construction project started, nothing like this happened. If it rains again, sinkholes might happen again, unless the construction is finished.”

The project, which will include luxury homes and condominiums alongside a shopping complex, is being built by the Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation, directed by tycoon Pung Kheav Se.

In late 2014, a woman was killed while driving by the project when construction materials fell from the site.

A construction worker at the site this week, who declined to be named for fear of losing his job, said he was also worried about the collapse, but did not think the construction was to blame.

City Hall spokesman Mean Chanyada said on Thursday the authority will “urge the construction company to pay close attention to technical standards.”

An OCIC representative was quoted by local media denying a link between the development and the sinkhole.

But Sok Kin, vice president of the Building and Woodworkers Trade Union Federation of Cambodia, said the low quality of the road combined with how close the construction was to the area of collapse were to blame.

“The investor is the one who benefits, yet the people are the victims,” he said.

The two massive and mysterious Texas sinkholes on the verge of creating one colossal lake

• Scientists at Southern Methodist University have issued a sober warning for the citizens of Wink and Kermit, Texas 
• The two communities, which have a combined population of nearly 7,000, are home to two large sinkholes 
• Both of the sinkholes are growing and are causing the area around them to become more unstable 
• It's likely that another sinkhole will soon form, or that the two will join to create one giant sinkhole  

By ASHLEY COLLMAN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

PUBLISHED: 10:46 EST, 16 June 2016 | UPDATED: 13:32 EST, 16 June 2016

Scientists have issued a grave warning to a small Texas community home to two growing sinkholes. 

Geologists at Southern Methodist University say the two sinkholes in Wink and neighboring Kermit, Texas are growing more unstable, and could spark more sinkholes or join to create one massive hole. 

This will prove devastating to the local community, which has a combined population of almost 7,000.

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Two sinkholes in Texas are growing more unstable, which could lead to the creation of more sinkholes - or one giant sinkhole. Above, a view of the second sinkhole, located in Kermit, Texas 

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The first sinkhole in Wink, Texas is the smaller of the two but it is also the most unstable, and is growing at a faster rate 

SMU researchers Zhong Lu and Jin-Woo Kim recently published their sober warning in a recent article in the journal Remote Sensing. 

'This area is heavily populated with oil and gas production equipment and installations, hazardous liquid pipelines, as well as two communities. The intrusion of freshwater to underground can dissolve the interbedded salt layers and accelerate the sinkhole collapse,' co-author Kim said in a press release. 

'A collapse could be catastrophic. Following our study, we are collecting more high-resolution satellite data over the sinkholes and neighboring regions to monitor further development and collapse.' 

Lu and Kim discovered that the two holes were growing more unstable by using satellite images that measures depressions in the earth's crust. 

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The above chart shows that the fastest eroding area is actually not either of the two sinkholes but an area east of sinkhole number two 

http://strangesounds.org/2016/06/bayou-corne-faces-extinction-louis...

https://www.sott.net/article/320858-Lakes-and-rivers-mysteriously-d...

The Atoyac river disappears overnight in Mexico

Within the last 3 months or so, newspapers have started reporting increasingly about rivers and lakes that mysteriously and suddenly disappear around the world. Here a compilation of the most baffling incidents. 

Let's start this compilation with the Atoyac River, which disappeared overnight drained by a giant 30 meters by 20 meters fissure in the riverbed. The large sink hole cut the water supply to more than 10,000 families for a few days. 

One month later, in April 2016, two other rivers flowing through the exact same mountainous region of the eastern state of Veracruz, Mexico also began to dry up due to the formation of sinkholes. 

The flow of the Tliapa and Tlacuapa rivers has been almost shut down due to two large holes in a cascade.

End of March 2016, another giant crater almost drained out a pond and devoured up to 25 tons of fish all of a sudden in China. 

A large pond and the fish in it were swallowed by this huge hole in China

Now, closer to us in May 2016, Lake Riesco in Chilean Patagonia has almost dried out within two or three days, transforming this idyllic place into a rock-and-sand landscape. People are still waiting for an official answer to this mystery... Was another sinkhole or a fault line at the origin of the disappearance of this water reservoir? 

Mid June 2016, official sources report an unprecedented water crisis in the same region of Chile with large lakes and rivers drying up and thus threatening communities and animals living around. 

Mystery around Lake Riesco disappearance. Sinkhole? Geological fault? Or lack of rain?

Only during last week, parts of the popular Ogun river in Nigeria - June 17, 2016 - and a Lake Peschёra - June 19, 2016 - disappeared overnight drained out by deep holes in the ground. Moreover, most of Lake Alligator in Florida vanished though giant holes on June 9, 2016. 

Lake Peschera was vanished through a deep sinkhole in June 2016.

And what about the Kalamba Lake in Kolhapur which has almost dried up completely for the first time in its 135-year-old existence? From an original size of 63.13 hectares, it is now only 2-3 hectares wide. 

And what about the mysterious disappearance of parts of the Ogun River in Nigeria?

And what about Lake Poopo, the second largest lake of Bolivia, which has almost completely disappeared. 

Lake Poopo disappearance is killing thousands of animals

It should also be notified that Lake Waiau, Hawaii's only alpine lake is also mysterious disappearing. 

Lake Waiau disappears in Hawaii

Is really the extreme El Nino 2015 responsible for all these sinkholes and drying lakes and rivers. Is something else also playing a role? I don't know exactly but something is really going crazy. And mother Earth doesn't like it at all.

http://www.wpxi.com/news/underground-garage-partially-collapses-ben...

Underground garage partially collapses beneath garbage truck in Avalon

AVALON, Pa. —

A garbage truck became stuck in Avalon Saturday when the surface beneath it crumbled, leaving behind a gaping hole.

The incident happened at an apartment complex near the intersection of California Avenue and North Chestnut Street.

Channel 11 News learned that the hole formed due to a partial collapse of an underground garage. Photos from inside the garage show the truck’s rear wheels coming through the roof.

Crews at the scene said the garbage truck was pulling into a parking area where dumpsters are located when the collapse occurred.

Channel 11 News was told that one man fell into the hole, but was treated at the scene and is OK.

Residents of the apartment complex were evacuated while crews worked to remove the truck and assess the stability of the building.

http://wbtw.com/2016/07/13/darlington-hole-caused-by-firetruck/

Darlington road collapse closes Pearl Street

WBTW News StaffPublished: July 13, 2016, 3:14 pm

DARLINGTON, S.C. (WBTW)- Around noon Wednesday, a firetruck triggered a sinkhole on Pearl Street at the Syracuse Street intersection near Subway.

A section of the street has been blocked off along with some of the side streets leading to Pearl Street. Darlington Police say that traffic is being detoured to Washington and Broad Street.

Officers say a sewer line busted and the resulting water collapsed part of the road and they think the road could be open tomorrow.

According to the Darlington Fire Department Facebook page, crews from the DOT and the city are working to get the situation under control and make repairs.

https://www.sott.net/article/322913-Giant-sinkhole-emerges-in-Altai...

Giant sinkhole emerges in Altai region of Russia after heavy flooding

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Footage filmed on Wednesday shows the aftermath of heavy flooding which left a huge sinkhole on a road in the village of Baturovo in the Altai Region. No injuries were reported. 

According to EMERCOM, 82 emergency service officers as well as 37 units of equipment are currently involved in the recovery works. 

Giant Sinkhole Swallows 4 People in China, 2 Still Missing (Aug 2)

Two people were rescued from a giant sinkhole that opened up in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou, while two more remain missing.

What started out as a crack in the road on Monday night, opened up into a small hole shortly after, before swallowing up a grass verge beside it and then pulling in some of the surrounding pavements.

A number of pedestrians stood beside the hole to take photos of it as it expanded. Four were suddenly dragged in, along with three vehicles.

A 36-year-old man and 21-year-old woman were pulled from the now 600-square-meter sinkhole. Video footage of the rescue shows a group of men scrambling to help the man out of the dark depths of the hole using a rope.

Emergency services have been unable to find the two remaining pedestrians, one of whom is understood to be a child, but rescue efforts are continuing Tuesday.

There are a number of live electrical wires and exposed sewerage pipes in the hole and a nearby school has also been evacuated for safety reasons.

Source

https://www.rt.com/viral/354343-sinkhole-missing-people-china/

Gaping 32ft sinkhole opens up in the middle of busy shopping street - and swallows pedestrians
The terrifying footage shows the pavement suddenly giving way and with two motorbikes and a display board falling in
This is the terrifying moment a gaping sinkhole opened up in the middle of a busy shopping street - swallowing several pedestrians.

The shocking footage shows the pavement suddenly fall through, taking passers-by and a display board with it.

People are seen making a run for it as the hole gets wider and wider, eventually measuring 32 feet long, 16 feet wide and six feet deep.

According to Chinese website Huanqiu , most of the victims were unharmed and rescued by onlookers, although two people were taken to hospital with injuries .

The incident occurred in the middle of a busy shopping street in Lanzhou, which is located in China's Gansu province.

It's believed the footage was recorded around 3pm local time.

Two motorbikes also fell into the gaping hole according to witnesses. Firefighters arrived on the scene to help fellow pedestrians with rescue efforts.

Police have now cordoned off the site while the hole is repaired.

Source : Aug. 23, 2016, http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/gaping-32ft-sinkhole-opens-...

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-ap-sinkhole-fl...

Large sinkhole snarls traffic on Turnpike in Miami-Dade

August 27, 2016 9:05 pm Miami

According to the Miami Herald the sinkhole has brought traffic to a standstill on the Turnpike, closing lanes and two exits.

The Florida Highway Patrol says it is assessing the sinkhole and that traffic is being diverted.

The patrol says the sinkhole was caused by a water line break at around 1 p.m.

There were no injuries or damages to vehicles reported.

Sinkholes are depressions caused when the earth collapses, caused by the dissolving of underlying limestone. An underground cavity grows larger and what's below the ground can no longer support the weight above ground, forcing a collapse.

The largest recorded sinkhole was in Winter Park in 1981, according to the Orlando Sentinel archive. It measured about 350 feet wide and 130 feet deep in the west side of town.

Posted Friday, September 16, 2016  http://abc13.com/news/sinkhole-sends-radioactive-water-into-florida...

MULBERRY, FL (KTRK) -- Officials say a massive sinkhole in Florida has allowed millions of gallons of radioactive water to pour into one of the world's most productive aquifers.

The sinkhole was found by crews in a containment pond at the New Wales Mosaic plant in Mulberry on August 27th.

A field technician found the water level had dropped at one of the ponds, and upon investigation, found a 45-foot hole with seemingly no bottom, WFTS-TV reports.

Since then, about 215 million gallons of contaminated water used to process fertilizer has drained into the hole.

A recovery well was built to pull the contaminated water out of the aquifer. So far, tests have not detected contaminants in the groundwater, meaning the pumps are working, officials say.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news...

Neighbours describe moment huge sinkhole opens up in Prestwich

• 15:45, 17 OCT 2016
• UPDATED 15:46, 17 OCT 2016

A neighbour has described the moment a huge sinkhole opened up outside his Prestwichhome.

Residents on Heywood Road were shocked when they woke on Monday morning to find a gaping hole in the middle of the road.

Engineers are currently working to repair the hole and estimate that it could take around two weeks.

George, who declined to give his last name, said he was woken up by a loud ‘banging’ sound at around 12.30am.

He said: “It sounded like someone putting out the bins. I got up out of bed to see what was happening and couldn’t see anything but it carried on.

Duane Yates

A sinkhole has appeared on Heywood Road in Prestwich

“I looked through the window and saw a little black patch on the road. Then I saw a car backing up the road quickly and I saw the road going in.

“When I spoke to the fire brigade they asked how big it is. I said you could probably fit the fire engine in it.

“It was a bit scary because it kept getting bigger.

“I had to wake everyone up to tell them to move their cars because it started to spread.”

George said the hole was around two metres wide when it first appeared but has now expanded to around six metres.

He added: “I think the problem is there’s a lot of heavy traffic that goes up and down this road - a lot of wagons and cars. The neighbours have been asking for a weight limit.”

Tom and Denise Holt, who also live on Heywood Road said the route is used as a rat run for motorists travelling along Bury Old Road.

Denise said: “The engineers have been here since 4am, and have been very attentive.

“This is the second sinkhole on this road in two years. I think it’s down to a lack of maintenance and increased traffic. We have so many lorries on here.”

The sinkhole opened up in the early hours of Monday morning (October 17).

The road is closed between Bury Old Road and Glebelands Road while engineers work to repair the damage.

A spokesman for United Utilities said: “At this stage we are not sure what has happened and whether the road has collapsed or if it’s linked to a sewer.

“The road has been closed for around half a mile and local traffic diversions are in place.”

Earthquakes Cause Big Sinkhole in NW Greece (Oct 22)

A large sinkhole swallowed up an olive grove in Kalpaki, a rural area outside Ioannina in northwestern Greece, on Saturday.

The sinkhole is estimated to have a depth of 20-30 meters at least, and an overall surface area of around 200 square meters, and is believed to have been caused by a series of earthquakes that struck the region a week ago.

On October 14, Ioannina was hit by a strong tremor measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale and followed by hundreds of aftershocks, some of them quite powerful.

Source

http://www.ekathimerini.com/213090/gallery/ekathimerini/in-images/e...

Massive Sinkhole Devours Southern Japan Street (Nov 8)

A huge sinkhole measuring 20 metres wide has caused power outages and major traffic disruptions in downtown Fukuoka, Japan.

The road started caving in at about 5.15am local time and kept growing, said police.

Police said the sinkhole stretches across the road and continues to expand.

Electricity has been cut off to over 100 buildings in the area and people in the buildings nearby are being evacuated.

Sources

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/86241235/Massive-sinkhole-appears...

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1016550.shtml

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/560766/ripon-north-york...

Homes evacuated as 66ft-wide sinkhole rips open ground in North Yorkshire

Published 10th November 2016

HOUSES have been evacuated in North Yorkshire after a huge sinkhole opened up – which practically tore through bricks and mortar.

At least seven homes in Ripon were evacuated when the giant hole appeared, which measures at least 20 metres wide.

Firefighters and emergency crews raced to properties in Magdalen Road last night to get residents away from the gaping mass.

A North Yorkshire fire service spokesperson said: "Two fire crews and an officer from Ripon attended a sinkhole that had appeared at the rear of two properties.

"There were no injuries but seven properties were evacuated."

They added the hole measures around 20 metres by 10 metres, with an unknown depth.

Ben Bramley, who was forced to flee his home, described hearing something like a landslide outside.

He told the BBC: "It was a real mess out there. It's a huge hole that runs from our back door to the garage and it's about 20ft deep."

Just over two years ago, another sinkhole appeared nearby on Magdalen Close, which caused one house to literally rip in two.

The British Geological Society said Ripon is prone to sinkholes because it sits on land that is rich with deposits of gypsum, a dissolvable rock which is slowly melting away.

Firefighters will reportedly return to the scene today to assess the safety of the area

Several Cars Swallowed by Sinkhole in Algeria (Nov 18)

An Algerian highway collapsed swallowing several cars and injuring 11 people.

Six of the injured required hospitalization.

The massive sinkhole opened suddenly on the Ben Akoun highway west of the capital Algiers on Friday night.

Images of the scene showed the hole nearly the width of the entire road.

Sources

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/11-injured-when-cars-fa...

http://newsx.tv/russia-today/2016/11/20/huge-sinkhole-opens-up-on-a...

Japan's giant sinkhole is sinking again

November 28, 2016

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/28/asia/japan-sinkhole-fukuoka/index...

CNN)A giant sinkhole that was hastily repaired in Japan earlier this month is showing signs of movement.

Traffic was stopped at the busy intersection in Japanese city of Fukuoka on the weekend after the road was seen to sink some seven centimeters (2.7 inches).

Earlier this month, a 30 meter (98 feet) wide, 15 meter (50 feet) deep hole suddenly opened, swallowing five lanes of road and flooding with water.
It was repaired in a matter of days in what was seen as a testament to Japanese engineering and efficiency.

Some doubt was raised over those plaudits Saturday however, when traffic had to be stopped around the hole as a section of road began sinking again. The road has since been re-opened

On Facebook, Fukuoka mayor Soichiro Takashima apologized for not warning residents the ground could sink again.

Filled sinkholes can occasionally reopen dramatically. Last year, a massive sinkhole in Florida which caused the death of a man after it opened under his bedroom, appeared again, sparking renewed fears among local residents.

Man Found Screaming in North Carolina Road Sinkhole (Nov 27)

A man was pulled from a 12-foot sinkhole in a Durham road after being trapped for hours.

"No one is around and he is down in the hole and he's screaming," a 911 caller said.

Redwood Volunteer Fire officials said the incident happened Sunday morning on a road near Falls Lake. The man was stuck in mud and cried for help. A nearby fisherman heard the man's calls for help and contacted authorities.

"He was just uncontrollably shaking," said Chief Randy Clements. "He had obviously been very cold for a long period of time; was shaking just uncontrollably. He couldn't really verbalize other than he kept saying he was OK and was not hurt."

Firefighters climbed into the hole and lowered a backboard and basket.

"We laid him in that, placed it on top of the ladder, tied it in, tied the patient in, and then took a rope and slid him up," Clements said.

The sinkhole is located on an isolated stretch of road.

"Whoever basically heard him most likely saved his life," Clements said.

Source

http://www.wral.com/man-found-in-durham-sinkhole-was-uncontrollably...

Police Officer Killed, 2 Injured After Driving into Texas Sewage Sinkhole (Dec 4)

San Antonio firefighters have removed a vehicle containing the body of a Bexar County Sheriff's deputy after it was swallowed by a sudden sinkhole containing raw sewage in a southwest-side road.

Authorities say two passers-by rescued a driver after another vehicle went into the sinkhole. That driver and one of his rescuers were treated for minor injuries.

BCSO said in a Facebook post Monday that the deputy killed in the tragic sinkhole incident was Deputy Dora Linda (Solis) Nishihara, who had been with the agency for seven years.

The sinkhole was first reported around 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the 8400 block of Quintana. Firefighters said a man in his 60s was driving through standing water when his vehicle entered the sinkhole.

Occupants of a car passing by saw the man stranded and stopped to help him. Firefighters said in the process of helping him, a woman was injured.

The man who entered the sinkhole and the woman who stopped to help him were both transported to Southwest General to be treated for minor injuries.

A portion of a sewer pipeline collapsed, contributing to the opening of the sinkhole.

Firefighters began to remove the two vehicles shortly after 10 a.m. Monday. Chief Hood confirmed in a press conference ahead of time that they were seeking to recover a body from one of the cars. "We know for sure that there is a body in one of those vehicles," said Chief Hood.

By the time first responders were able to make it to the scene, they realized that Nishihara's vehicle was already 90 percent submerged in the waters, and it was not likely that she would have survived.

A 100-ton crane was taken to the scene to remove both vehicles from the sinkhole Monday afternoon. The car containing Nishihara's body was removed around 1 p.m.

Gracie Rivera's home is yards from where the sinkhole formed on Quintana Road.

Rivera recounted the heroic attempts at rescue by her neighbor:

“They were coming up the street and they saw like smoke coming out (of the road) so he got (out) and ran,” she said.

“And there was a man in there with blood on his face.”

Rivera said her neighbor swam through the water but the flow was too much to reach the second driver.

Rivera’s neighbor was worried she was the second driver trapped. He called her immediately to find out.

“It could have been me, and I thank God it wasn’t,” Rivera said.

Sources

http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/texas-news/man-missing-multiple-peop...

http://www.9news.com/news/local/safd-shares-shocking-footage-photos...

http://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/police-officer-killed-an...

http://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/public-viewing-funeral-set-fo...

http://www.ksat.com/news/sinkhole-neighbor-recounts-good-samaritan-...

Giant Sinkhole Opens in Residential Philadelphia (Jan 25) 

A 30-foot-wide sinkhole has swallowed the front yards of two homes and part of a road in Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania, leaving a pickup truck dangling at the sinkhole's edge.

The dangling truck was parked in one of the driveways.

The sinkhole opened up around 4 a.m.

What caused the sinkhole remains unknown and is under investigation.

Sources

http://abcnews.go.com/US/30-foot-wide-sinkhole-swallows-front-yards...

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/real-time/Giant-sinkhole-opens-u...

http://www.xpats.com/car-plunges-down-hole-road-collapses-eu-district

A road in Brussels' EU district collapsed on Saturday morning, swallowing a parked car and leaving a five-metre deep hole.

A water leak was to blame for the road surface giving way on Rue Stevin, a few hundred metres from the Berlaymont.

A Citroën C1 was damaged and had to be lifted out of the hole by a tow truck.

A police spokeswoman said the hole was about 10 metres long and four to five metres deep. No one was in the car at the time and there were no injuries.

Water firm Vivaqua spent the weekend securing the site. "Our team are trying to repair the street as quickly as possible," a Vivaqua spokeswoman said

Massive sinkhole that swallowed more than 200 million gallons of 'radioactive water' in Florida six months ago is now being sealed

A massive sinkhole at a Florida fertilizer plant that swallowed more than 200 million gallons of radioactive water is now in the process of being filled.

The toxic sinkhole that opened up at the Mosaic's New Wales plant in Mulberry, Florida, is being sealed by a concrete mixture. 

Video taken from WFTS-TV's helicopter last week showed a built-up ring around the hole as crews have begun pumping the mixture inside.

The sinkhole, which measures 45 feet in diameter and is 300 feet deep, opened up beneath a pile of waste material at Mosaic, the world's largest supplier of phosphate.

A storage pond containing 215 million gallons of radioactive water sat atop the waste mineral pile and drained into the aquifer system, which supplies drinking water to millions of residents.

Aquifers are vast, underground systems of porous rocks that hold water and allow it to move through the holes within the rock. 

Since then, workers and contractors have been trying to figure out the best way to stabilize and fill the hole.

The Floridan aquifer, one of the highest producing in the world, is the principal source of groundwater for most of the state, and extends into southern Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4202162/Massive-radioactive...

Sydney sinkhole opens up near Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's home in Point Piper

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-08/sydney-sinkhole-opens-near-pr...

A gaping sinkhole has opened up near Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's mansion in the affluent Sydney suburb of Point Piper.

Four homes were evacuated on Wentworth Street and part of the road and footpath caved in this morning.

Police were called to the leafy suburb after reports of a collapsed footpath about 7:00am.

Part of the street was blocked off.

Woollahra council's director of technical services Tom O'Hanlon said the site could take weeks to fix.

"It's too early for us to comment on the stability of what's going on underneath [the ground]," he said.

"We're going to make the site safe, so that our geo-tech engineer can get down into the hole and have a look at what's going on down there."

There was no damage to private property. The hole was said to be less than one kilometre from the Prime Minister's residence.

Local resident Kirsty Mirzikinian said yesterday she smelt gas and firefighters arrived in the street and started breaking away at concrete on the footpath.

"Crews stayed and worked through the night and basically we have woken up this morning and there is a massive hole on the sidewalk and on the street," Ms Mirzikinian said.

"They turned off our gas and our electricity and we can't even drive into the street.

"It's just complete chaos in Point Piper, which is normally such a quiet suburb."

She said her family would most likely have to stay in a hotel tonight until access is restored.

Sydney was inundated by torrential rain yesterday, with about 50mm dumped on the eastern suburbs — including Point Piper.

There were several reports of flash flooding.

"There's been a huge amount of water but at this stage we don't have a firm conclusion as to what has caused this," Woollahra Deputy Mayor Susan Wynne said.

https://www.you-blog.club/2017/02/14/huge-sinkhole-swallows-part-of...

Huge sinkhole swallows part of road in Vladivostok, Russia (AERIAL VIDEO)

February 14, 2017

A vast sinkhole estimated to be 15 meters wide and 20 meters deep has caused a major road collapse in the city of Vladivostok in Russia’s Far East.

The incident took place during excavation works while a building was being constructed, the local administration said on its website.

People at the nearby Seaside Regional Institute of Education Development were evacuated following the collapse. The collapsed part of the road was cordoned off by police.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR2WY95jSJc

http://www.newsroompost.com/329875/chennais-anna-salai-road-caves-s...

http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/gaping-sinkhole-collapses-road-in-queb...

Gaping sinkhole collapses road in Quebec town

Published Tuesday, April 25, 2017 9:59PM EDT

Sinkhole de Mayo! Cement truck is swallowed up by enormous opening in San Francisco (but at least they can fill it in)

• Driver Alejandro Curiel was shocked when he parked his big rig at the corner of a busy street in San Francisco and felt himself sinking
• Truck began dipping down on the passenger side into an 8ft deep sinkhole
• He managed to escape out the driver's side door
• Investigators think the culprit could have been a sewer main 

The cause of a massive sinkhole that opened up and nearly swallowed a cement-carrying flatbed truck on a San Francisco street is still a mystery to investigators.

Driver Alejandro Curiel told KRON that he had stopped the truck that was carrying concrete against the curb at 7th and Townsend in the South of Market district around 6.20am Friday when it started slowly sinking on the right side.

He scrambled to climb out of the driver's side door because a tree was blocking the passenger's side. He escaped unharmed.

A big rig truck is stuck in a sinkhole in San Francisco, Friday, May 5. The driver escaped shocked but unharmed

A tow truck driver works on a big rig truck stuck in a sinkhole in San Francisco. Investigators still aren't certain of the cause

San Francisco Public Utilities Commission spokeswoman Betsy Rhodes said they have not identified an obvious cause of the sinkhole that measured 10 feet by 20 feet and about eight feet deep.

She said previously that a sewer main may be to blame.

Rhodes said the area around the sinkhole in the city's South of Market neighborhood was stabilized and not in danger of sinking.

Emergency crew workers remove debris from a sinkhole that shockingly opened up on a busy street

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4478590/Crews-search-cause-... 

http://www.dcnepalonline.com/road-caves-in-at-bagbazaar-after-woode...

Road caves-in at Bagbazaar after wooden bridge collapses (photo/video)

May 7, 2017

Kathmandu- A road has caved-in at Bagbazaar in the Capital City. The road caved-in after the wooden bridge under the road that was constructed during the Rana Regime gave up on Saturday night.

Transportation has come to a complete halt in the area since yesterday after the road caved-in. According to Traffic Police, vehicle heading to Ratnpark from Putalisadak and from Ratnpark to Putalisadak have been diverted.

It is unclear why the road caved-in, but it has been estimated that overloaded vehicles caused the old wooden bridge to collapse.

Although government officials from the concerned agencies monitored the bridge today, but no attempts have been made so far, locals have accused.

Earlier, a public road at Naxal in the Capital City had caved-in. The cave-in of the road was blamed to an under-construction hotel chain for excessive digging. Located at Bhagbati Bahal near the Nepal Police Headquarters, the sinkhole, had led to disruption of traffic for months.

Sinkhole opens at Trump's Florida retreat

22 May 2017

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40006354

The hole is near a water main

A sinkhole has opened at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago golf resort in Florida.

The town of Palm Beach, where Mr Trump's retreat is located, tweeted a traffic alert on Monday morning about the 4ft by 4ft (1.2m) road cavity.
City officials tweeted that the hole had formed "directly in front of Mar-a-Lago" and was close to a newly installed water main.

City construction crews were to carry out "exploratory excavation" of site.
Social media users have been poking fun at the cave-in, which comes in the middle of Mr Trump's first foreign trip as president

http://www.syracuse.com/state/index.ssf/2017/05/giant_sinkhole_swal...

Giant sinkhole swallows worker, killing him in NY cesspool collapse

A sinkhole spanning a homeowner's front yard and part of the driveway led to the death of a construction worker in Long Island.

May 25, 2017 at 8:37 AM

A construction worker is dead after a giant sinkhole swallowed him in New York.

The New York Daily News reports Edward Sinnott was working on a cesspool at a home in Huntington, Long Island, when it suddenly collapsed Wednesday afternoon. Sinnott fell in and did not resurface, officials said.

CBS reports the tragedy occurred when Antorino & Sons workers trying to fix the cesspool decided to dig a shaft with a crane, as they weren't getting proper drainage.

According to NBC4, Sinnott was directing the crane when the cave-in occurred, spreading across the homeowner's entire front yard and parts of the driveway. Witnesses said Sinnott was sucked down and instantly covered in as much as 15 feet of dirt.

A second worker reportedly fell in as well, but managed to save himself by pulling himself out of the hole by grabbing a piece of equipment.

Emergency officials from five different departments quickly responded, trying to save Sinnott with a giant vacuum, designed to suck the mud and muck out of the hole. His body was recovered six hours later.

Sinnott was pronounced dead at the scene. He was 59.

It's unclear what caused the collapse. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the incident.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/peoplesdaily/article-4544958/Giant-...

Mega-sinkhole appears causing traffic chaos in Chinese city

• A giant sinkhole appeared at a subway construction site in Changchun, China 
• Authorities have started an investigation after the collapse today
• There have been no reports of injuries following the collapse
• Repair works are now underway with barriers installed to prevent accidents  

A massive sinkhole appeared on a ring road in northeastern China today.

The cause of the sinkhole was unknown, though there has been construction in the area recently. 

Photos show the sheer size of the giant sinkhole which has caused traffic chaos in Changchun city. 

 A massive sinkhole appeared on a ring road in Jilin city of northeast China this morning

Jilin county council sent workers to repair the collapsed road near a construction site

Workers set up barriers for road safety and make sure no cars crashing into the cave-in

The incident took place near Weixing Square in Changchun city, Jilin Province, stated Huanqiu.com, an affiliation to People's Daily China. 

Changchun county council sent a repair team to the site after getting reports of the sinkhole from onlookers during the early hours of this morning.  

Huge sinkhole opens up on a busy Chinese road and engulfs a tree and a minivan

• The sinkhole swallowed a minivan in the eastern Chinese city of Nantong
• It then expands even further, engulfing a tree and parts of pavement 
• There were no fatalities and the cause of the incident is being investigated

A massive sinkhole has appeared on a street in eastern China, sending a minivan and a tree tumbling in.

The incident occurred in the city of Nantong, Jiangsu Province on Saturday, after heavy rains in the region.

Video captured the event unfolding, as the minivan was sent tumbling into the ground.

The sinkhole then continued to expand, making a large tree fall in.

Chunks of pavement gave way, and a underground water pipe also burst.

There were no reports of injuries however, and the cause of the sinkhole is being investigated. 

Video of the incident was first posted on the Chinese news outlet CGTN where it has been viewed nearly 100,000 times.

The sinkhole appeared on Jianghuai Road in the city of Nantong in eastern China

It first engulfed a minivan before later swallowing a tree

Online commentators speculated that an underwater pipe might have been leaking, causing the earth around it to collapse.

Jiangsu Province has experienced heavy rains over the last few days,

Five reservoirs in the capital Nanjing were inundated as early as 9 a.m. Saturday.  

No one was hurt in the accident, and the cause of the sinkhole is still being investigated 

Jiangsu province has experienced heavy rains over the last few days 

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4593858/Huge-sinkhole-opens...

JOHNSTOWN -- Heavy rainfall from the past two days caused heavy damage across Cambria County.

Residents are complaining about a safety hazard in the Moxham section of the city, where a sinkhole collapsed Friday night.

But some say this is nothing new.

We first brought you this story last week, after residents said they were fed up with sinkholes and potholes up and down their street.

It’s not a problem that the city didn't know about.

City Council members Charlene Stanton and Jack Williams sent a letter to city manager Arch Liston on May 30 with their concerns.

Then we aired a story on June 7 and nothing has been done.

That's why residents say this sinkhole could have been prevented.

It's not a new issue for residents on Clover Street in the Moxham section of Johnstown, who say they've been dealing with sinkholes and potholes for years.

But the heavy rain Thursday and Friday really took a toll on the road, causing one sinkhole to collapse Friday night.

David Clifton assessed the damage Saturday afternoon, but Friday night he said rats crawled out of the hole and there was water flowing underneath the street.

He said the city doesn't care.

"Nobody wants to do anything about it,” Clifton said. “And it's not like it hasn't been reported. You can see the patches and cracks all the way up and down. And it kind of just undermined underneath it and washed away all the stability and it collapsed."

Council members Charlene Stanton and Jack Williams sent a letter to the city manager with their concerns on June 30.

And Stanton said their concerns were obviously dismissed as irrelevant, as the only response was the road will be paved when sewage project happens over the next two years.

On Saturday, Stanton and Williams sent a second letter saying the city has an obligation to provide for the safety of its residents. And the lack of concern and investigation into these sinkholes is inexcusable.

She said this collapse could have been tragic.

https://twitter.com/DHamburgReports/status/876216624277336065

"This is a tight little community down here,” Clifton said. “And you might have relatives that live on each side of the street. And what happens if one of these little kids decides to run across the street to see grandma or grandpa, and next thing you know they get swallowed by a sinkhole."

As a disabled veteran, Clifton said he's concerned for his safety and the safety of his grandson, who's staying with him for the summer.

"Patches are well and good, but somebody who knows what they're doing about construction and that type of thing, that's like putting a Band-Aid on a gashing wound,” Clifton said. “You gotta fix it."

Liston said crews will be out Monday to repair the sinkhole.

Liverpool UK - Massive 20ft sinkhole suddenly opens up in busy dual carriageway causing traffic chaos for thousands

One of Liverpool's busiest roads was closed off this morning after the sudden appearance of a sinkhole.

The sinkhole, measuring ten feet deep and 20 feet wide spans both lanes of Edge Lane near the junction of Beech Street in the Wavertree area.

The dual carriageway is one of the main routes in and out of the city to the M62 motorway and is used by thousands of motorists each day.

A city council spokesman described it as a 'significant carriageway collapse' and said the hole had been cordoned off with cones and traffic was being diverted.

The spokesman said: 'We have a team on site who are trying to establish the cause of the hole.

'The highways team are calling it a "significant carriageway collapse", it is a big hole.

'We don't know how long the road will be closed for but it will take some time to fill it.

'It is across both lanes going north out of the city. It doesn't seem to be affecting lanes coming in to the city.

'We are currently putting diversions in place.'

Traffic is being diverted down either Holt Road and through Kensington or Durning Road and through Wavertree, both routes will lead drivers to the motorway. 

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4651474/Massive-20ft-sinkho...