Sinkholes (July 2011): Part II
(July 23) The opening in the ground formed on Friday, when the dirt beneath the asphalt shifted and left a void beneath the surface of the street near the intersection of Clearview Parkway and West Napoleon in Louisiana.
(July 23) Officials say a large sinkhole in Council Bluffs in Iowa started as a dip in the road and just kept growing. South 26th Street between Sixth and Seventh avenues is now barricaded because of a giant sinkhole in the street caused by high water tables, a city spokesman said.
(July 22) A sinkhole opened in Sevier County creek in Tennessee, draining a three-mile section of the stream.
(July 22) Federal officials in Yellowknife in Canada are worried that a growing sinkhole at the former Giant Mine could result in water seeping into the site’s underground arsenic chambers.The sinkhole first appeared in May and is currently six square metres in size. Watch video HERE.
(July 22) Police closed a south Charlotte intersection Friday morning after a sinkhole developed. The sinkhole was on Sharon Road at the Wendover Road intersection.
(July 21) A large sinkhole has been swallowing downtown Leesburg in Florida. The sinkhole at Main and East streets has already gobbled up one business, and the damage is getting worse. Watch video HERE.
(July 21) A Sinkhole, 12m deep and 80cm in diameter, forms at Guatemala City home of 65-year-old Inocenta Hernandez. The people of Guatemala City are increasingly unable to trust what’s beneath their feet because of treacherous sinkholes.
(July 21) A sinkhole is under repair near Summit High School in Spring Hill, Tennessee. Crews discovered the 60-foot-long, 18-feet-wide,14-foot-deep hole earlier this week.
(July 21) The crack appeared on 13 July in Santa Maria Huejoculco in Chalco, State Mexico, land has now reached 500 meters long and authorities have not taken preventive measures.This event began back 2009 in a small area of this region but since it has grown and is eating up everything around it.
Sinkholes (July 2011)
More reports of sinkholes and cracks (June 2011)
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