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Arkansas city 'rocks' massive sinkhole

James W. White
Harrison Daily
Wed, 03 May 2017 21:19 UTC
Harrison, AR sinkhole
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Harrison city workers on Wednesday began dumping large rocks into the huge sinkhole that began to encroach on a home in Harrison over the weekend.

The hole opened up after heavy rain Friday, April 21, in an area off Chelsea Circle.

The hole is in Will and Sherry Presley's back yard. After even heavier rain last weekend, the hole grew exponentially and began to near the Presleys' home.

They said drainage has been an issue in the area ever since they moved into the house 10 years ago.

Sherry said they have been asking for help from the city from about the time following the first rain after they moved in.

But she said they have been told that flooding that occurs during heavy rain is not the city's responsibility and that because a portion of that property is outside the city limits, none of it qualifies as city property.
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Large sinkhole re-opens forcing road closure in East Maui, Hawaii

Wendy Osher
Maui Now
Sat, 29 Apr 2017 19:50 UTC
Maui sinkhole
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Maui police have closed the Piʻilani/Hāna Highway at Mile 39 due to a "large sink hole," which has made the road impassable.

Police say the closure is on the Kaupō side of the Alalele Bridge.

A similar incident was reported about two weeks ago, on April 12, 2017, in the same area. Police have confirmed that this is the same sink hole and that it has re-opened.

There is no estimated time for when the road will be reopened.

County of Maui Communications Director Rod Antone said Crews from the Public Works Department have closed the road to non-emergency vehicles until repairs can be made.

Antone said crews expect the road to be closed overnight and open again tomorrow after workers can cover the sinkhole with metal plating.

Motorists should take an alternate route until repairs are complete.
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Philippine residents discover sinkhole within Badian River

Ador Vincent S. Mayol
Cebu Daily News
Sat, 29 Apr 2017 23:18 UTC
Cebu sinkhole
© Mark Andrew Celestrial Jorolan FBA huge sinkhole was spotted in the middle of a river in Badian town, prompting officials to cordon the area to prevent accidents while authorities are still trying to figure out how to go about the matter.
Residents of a quiet village in Southern Cebu were surprised to see that a huge hole had formed in the middle of a river.

The sinkhole was discovered on Saturday morning in Barangay Banhigan, Badian town, 106 kilometers south of Cebu City. According to PO1 Rodjie Alicaway of the Badian Police Station, a concerned citizen alerted police about the presence of the sinkhole, which was two meters wide.

At 6:20 a.m. on Saturday, investigators immediately proceeded to the area and saw that right in the middle of the river was a huge cavity with a depth they had yet to determine. "We tried to insert a 20-meter-long bamboo into the sinkhole and yet it failed to touch the bottom of the hole. It must be very deep," said Alicaway in a phone interview with Cebu Daily News.

Police then reported the matter to Badian Mayor Carmencita Lumain for proper action. The police have cordoned the area to prevent people and their animals from passing through that part of the river to avoid accidents. "We're afraid that there might be those who will fall into the hole," Alicaway said.
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Massive chunk of road disappears in Rawdon, Quebec


CTV News Montreal
Tue, 25 Apr 2017 18:24 UTC
Rawdon sinkhole
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A massive chunk of a main Rawdon street disappeared on Tuesday morning, the second such sinkhole to open in the area in the last few weeks.

Officials say it will take at least three months to repair.

Nobody was injured in the road collapse on Queen St. but residents said they are concerned about how much worse the incident could have been, with two schools just down the road.

According to Rawdon Mayor Bruno Guilbault, a resident saw the beginning of the collapse at about 6 a.m. Tuesday. Power in the area was shut down due to concern the erosion could topple several nearby power lines.

With large amounts of spring runoff water flooding the area in recent weeks, the area in which the sinkhole opened had been monitored by officials for several days. The road had undergone several inspections per day, including one as recently as midnight, just hours before the collapse began.

"An inspection was made last night," said Guilbault. "It happens sometimes. We don't know exactly what happened, if it was the rain, or the snow thaw. We don't know."

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Large sinkhole opens along Florida interstate near Walt Disney World


Fox35
Thu, 27 Apr 2017 18:53 UTC
Lake Buena Vista sinkhole
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Authorities are assessing a sinkhole in the median of Interstate 4, near Walt Disney World​. It is located at the World Drive interchange and is delaying westbound traffic.

"It is 10 feet deep and 15 feet in diameter," explained Florida Department of Transportation spokesman Steve Olson. "FDOT crews are securing the area and will continue to monitor it."

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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Large sinkhole opens in Winter Garden, Florida neighborhood


WFTV9
Tue, 25 Apr 2017 07:36 UTC
Winter Garden, FL sinkhole
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Residents in an Orange County neighborhood said a sinkhole opened up near their homes.

The hole forced crews to shut down a road in the Orchard Hill subdivision on Cypress Hill Road, not far from State Road 429.

Residents said the hole was filled with dirt and it's not blocked by barricades.

"It's pretty scary. We don't want it to spread," said Heather Kelly.

Kelly and her family live feet away from what the county calls an active sinkhole. "It's a lot wider now than it was in the first place," said Kelly.

Residents said the sinkhole was 6 inches deep and, before it was filled, it had grown to a depth of 12-feet.

"We're always concerned. This is a new home. We've been here for about a year," Kelly said.
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Massive sinkhole opens up behind retirement home in Pinole, California

Devin Fehely
sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com
Wed, 19 Apr 2017 13:37 UTC
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An enormous sinkhole has opened up on a street in Pinole and is threatening a large retirement community.

The wet weather has exacerbated a shifting soil condition behind the Bay Park Retirement Community on the 2600 block of Appian Way

"You could actually stand three people up in the hole," said Bay Park resident Sylvia Gott.

Gott has watched for weeks now as the sinkhole which has swallowed the access road behind the building has grown to about 50 feet wide.

"I'm very concerned about it," said Gott. "I'm glad they brought in the generator so quickly because we've been on generator power basically the whole time."

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Massive sinkhole leads to closing of part of Highway 25 in Lanaudière, Quebec


Montreal Gazette.
Thu, 13 Apr 2017 19:00 UTC
Sinkhole alongside Highway 25 in Lanaudière
© Pascal RobidasSinkhole alongside Highway 25 in Lanaudière
A large hole - nine meters in diameter and seven meters deep - has opened up next to Highway 25 in the Lanaudière region.

Transport Quebec has closed the highway in both directions around exit 44 near Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, about 50 kilometres north of Montreal.

Drivers detoured onto side roads caused significant traffic congestion Thursday morning.

The southbound portion of the highway has been closed since the cave-in was discovered on Friday morning. The northbound section was closed late Thursday night, said Transport Quebec spokesperson Sarah Bensadoun.
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Horse rescued from 14-feet deep sinkhole in Kittitas County, Washington


Komo News
Thu, 13 Apr 2017 11:45 UTC
Kittitas County firefighters helped rescue a horse after it fell into a sinkhole Tuesday evening, April 11, 2017.
© Lt. Crystal Campbell, Kittitas Co. Fire District #7Kittitas County firefighters helped rescue a horse after it fell into a sinkhole Tuesday evening, April 11, 2017.
Firefighters from Kittitas County Fire District #7 helped rescue a horse after it fell into a 14-feet deep sinkhole Tuesday evening.

The owner found the animal stuck in the sinkhole on his property on Book Lane, about eight miles west of Cle Elum off I-90, and called for help.

Firefighters said the sinkhole was about five feet wide at the surface and about 10 to 12 feet wide underground.

They helped harness and lower a veterinarian into the sinkhole to check on the horse named Copper.

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Enormous sinkhole swallows bus and car in Chennai, India

Arun Janardhanan
Indian Express
Mon, 10 Apr 2017 03:14 UTC
Chennai sinkhole
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B Gunaseelan, a bus driver with the Chennai Metropolitan Transport Corporation, sensed a flat tyre soon after he had stopped the bus at the Thousand Lights bus stop on Chennai's Mount Road on Sunday. He alerted the conductor and looked out of the window: it was not the tyre, the road was caving in.

Gunaseelan immediately asked all passengers to get off. "I still didn't know that the boring work of Chennai Metro Rail tunnel was under way. As we helped the passengers get off, the front part of the bus kept sinking into the crater," he said. As those on the bus disembarked, R Pradeep, a physician who was following the bus, drove into the crater.

On realising that the road was caving in, he tried to drive past the crater, but was trapped inside it with the doors of his car jammed. Pradeep escaped unhurt as people stepped in and brought him out of the car.

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