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Huge sinkhole swallows man after cesspool collapse on Long Island, New York


nbcnewyork.com
Wed, 24 May 2017 18:10 UTC
The man disappeared into the dirt and debris of the cesspool according to reports
The man disappeared into the dirt and debris of the cesspool according to reports
A man is dead after a cesspool collapsed in the Long Island town of Huntington Wednesday, spawning a gigantic sinkhole that swallowed him alive, authorities said.

Crews were still filling in the massive sinkhole — wider than two cars — on Wednesday night after a frantic, hours-long rescue effort involving dozens of firefighters, police officers and workers failed to save the man.

"It's horrible, my heart goes out to the men," Regina Sineno said.

Police say a crew was installing the cesspool at a Beech Place home when it collapsed shortly before 1 p.m., leaving a gaping hole that consumed the entire front yard and ate the top half of the driveway.

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Sinkhole causes road closure in Bakersfield, California


23ABC News Bakersfield
Tue, 23 May 2017 10:52 UTC
Bakersfield CA sinkhole
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A sinkhole on Highway 223 near Edison Road was reported Monday morning around 9 a.m.

The sinkhole caused a closure in the area.
Bakersfield, CA sinkhole
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A sign? Sinkhole opens in front of Trump's Mar-a-Lago, hillarity ensues

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Mon, 22 May 2017 21:29 UTC
sinkhole at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort
With Trump traveling half-way around the globe, on Monday an amusing "event of nature" took place at the president's favorite "ground zero", when a sinkhole opened up in front of Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort where he has previously hosted world leaders including China's Xi Jinping and Japan's PM Shinzo Abe, prompting an advisory from the Town of Palm Beach.

The 4-foot-by-4-foot sinkhole, first reported by the local municipality, formed on Southern Boulevard directly in front of Mar-a-Lago, in the vicinity of a newly installed water main.
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Growing sinkhole unnerves residents at Nova Scotia apartment building


CTV News
Sun, 14 May 2017 18:48 UTC
Glace Bay NS sinkhole
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A small sinkhole in Glace Bay, N.S., has turned into a big problem for residents living beside it in an apartment complex.

"It feels like every time you turn your back it grows a little bit more and gets a little deeper," says tenant Blair Brewer.

The hole first appeared a year ago. The building owner has filled it with loose rock and gravel a number of times, but the ground keeps slipping away.

Residents of a Glace Bay, N.S., apartment complex say this sinkhole is getting bigger on a daily basis. It's all unnerving for residents.

"If something should happen and part of the building sinks in, it's not just the person in that part of the building that needs to worry," says Blair. "The whole building will be evacuated and we will have to look for a new home. That's not easy with a new family, especially with a three-month-old daughter."
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Experts: Massive sinkholes are now appearing in the wrong places

Roger Schneider
Associated Press
Mon, 08 May 2017 16:38 UTC
Philadelphia sinkhole
© AP/Matt RourkeIn this Jan. 9, 2017, file photo, workers inspect a sinkhole in Philadelphia.
Dora Linda Nishihara, 68, was driving in San Antonio one dark evening in early December when she suddenly disappeared from sight. Later, her car, with her body inside, was found at the bottom of a 12-foot-deep (3.7-meter), water-filled sinkhole that had swallowed the road ahead of her. Two days later, a school bus driver in Brooklyn, New York, ran into an 8-foot-wide (2.4-meter) crater on his route. Luckily, no children were on board and the driver survived with minor injuries.

Just last week, massive holes opened up in New York City's lower Manhattan, suburban Atlanta and San Francisco.

Sinkholes are not a new phenomenon in the United States, especially in a half dozen states where the geology makes them more likely. But a recent spate of huge, sudden-appearing caverns is prompting alarm because they're happening in places where they shouldn't, and now seem to be proliferating nationwide. The usual cause: crumbling water, drain and sewer pipes, often neglected by cities with budget problems.

Comment: Failing infrastructure is just one possible cause. Sinkholes are also linked to other earth changes and weather events. See Sinkholes: The groundbreaking truth for more details on how these events connect to current day cosmic and earth changes.

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200-feet-deep sinkhole appears overnight in Karnataka, India


The Hindu
Mon, 08 May 2017 13:50 UTC
The sinkhole appeared in a private layout following two days of heavy rain in Oorgaumpet in KGF.
The sinkhole appeared in a private layout following two days of heavy rain in Oorgaumpet in KGF.
The residents of Oorgaumpet in Kolar Gold Fields woke up on Monday morning to a massive sinkhole, more than 200-ft deep, which was formed overnight in their neighbourhood. Following two days of heavy rain lashing the town, the sinkhole appeared in a private layout being developed in the area.

The municipal administration of Robertsonpet suspected that the area, though over 5 km away from the mining region, might have been an excavation site during the exploration phase of establishment of the gold mine in the colonial era
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R. Srikanth, Commissioner, City Municipal Council, Robertsonpet, said that the sinkhole was a minimum of over 200-ft deep and 10-ft wide. "Officials from Bharat Gold Mines Ltd. also visited the spot. BGML officials have been asked to check their archives to ascertain whether the area was at any time an excavation site," he said, adding that heavy rain may have been the trigger for the sinkhole.
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SOTT Focus: SOTT Earth Changes Summary - April 2017: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs


Sott.net
Tue, 09 May 2017 11:37 UTC
lightning hits Texas tornado
Planetary environmental chaos continued unabated this April.

After Peru was inundated in March, Columbia was next in line for massive rainfall and flooding which provoked deadly landslides in the city of Mocoa. Major flooding and landslides also hit India, Indonesia, the USA and China, while

Wildfires once again struck the US state of Florida while very late snow saw many European nations blanketed, with many crops destroyed.

Meteor/fireballs were also spotted from one end of the planet to the other and a comet made a special appearance.


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Huge sinkhole swallows two lorries in Russia

Fiona Parker
Metro (UK)
Fri, 05 May 2017 13:56 UTC
Red lorry, buried lorry
© CENRed lorry, buried lorry
Horrified lorry manufacturers could no nothing but watch in despair, as two brand new trucks descended into a massive sinkhole.

The shiny red trucks were parked in a line with several others at a storage park in Naberezhnye Chelny, central Russia.

But surreal CCTV footage shows the moment that tarmac beneath two gave way, causing the large Kamaz vehicles to slip into the depths below the ground.

The extreme force of the drop is made clear, when part of the rear bracing on one of the lorries flies through the air as it is snapped off.

It is believes the hole must be at least 20 ft deep.

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Crews find mysterious 'void' where San Francisco street caved - NOT water-related


Associated Press
Sun, 07 May 2017 12:44 UTC
sinkhole San Francisco
© Jeff Chiu/Associated PressEmergency crews work on removing a big rig truck stuck in a sinkhole in San Francisco, May 5, 2017.
Crews found a 3-foot-deep void where a San Francisco street caved under a heavy big-rig truck on Friday, but they are stumped as to what caused the hole.

Water is usually to blame, but crews could not find any water leaks, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission spokeswoman Betsy Rhodes said.

"The culprit to create a void like that is water, but the trench is dry," she said.

The massive sinkhole in the city's South of Market neighborhood developed early Friday after a heavy big-rig parked on what Rhodes said was essentially asphalt over air.

The driver escaped unharmed through the driver side when his big-rig started sinking on the passenger side. Driver Alejandro Curiel told KRON he couldn't believe what happened.

Rhodes said the sinkhole measured 3 feet deep (0.91 meter) and 10 feet (3 meters) by 20 feet (6 meters). Crews are covering the hole with sand and gravel.

Someone started a Twitter account in the name of the sinkhole and said it was just chilling. It also wished everyone a happy #Sinkholedemayo in honor of Cinco de Mayo.

Comment: San Francisco has been plagued by a number of sinkholes.

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Sinkhole partially swallows truck in San Francisco

Sarah Ravani
SF Gate
Fri, 05 May 2017 17:54 UTC
A sinkhole partially consumes a large truck parked on 7th Street near Townsend Street in San Francisco, Calif. on Friday, May 5, 2017.
© Paul ChinnA sinkhole partially consumes a large truck parked on 7th Street near Townsend Street in San Francisco, Calif. on Friday, May 5, 2017.
A truck stuck in a sinkhole early Friday in the South of Market neighborhood of San Francisco was causing traffic delays, officials said.

The sinkhole, measuring about 5 feet wide by 14 feet long, was discovered about 6:20 a.m. on Seventh and Townsend streets, officials said.

No injuries were reported. Crews from the city Public Works Department were on scene to clear the issue.

The bed of the truck was loaded with bags of cement and a trailer attached to the rig carried two mini bulldozers.

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