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Flooding causes massive sinkhole at mobile home park in Gretna, Virginia

Tola Adamson
ABC13 WSET
Thu, 24 Dec 2015 21:42 UTC
Gretna sinkhole
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All the rain the area got on Thursday caused some issues at Meadowbrook Mobile Home Park in Gretna.

Sgt. Hewitt with Gretna Police said a nearby creek flooded the road at the entrance to the park. That in turn caused a sink hole.

Police said they were working with emergency services to make sure that people have a way in and out of the park in case of an emergency. Hewitt said flooding has not reached people's homes.

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Deadly landslide filmed in Peru


The Straits Times
Wed, 23 Dec 2015 15:14 UTC
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A hillside gave way next to a road nearly 300km east of Lima, with heavy rain sending a landslide of mud into the valley below.

Officials say at least two people were killed.

Rescue workers say they found one body and were trying to recover the other one.

A truck caught in the flow of mud was pushed off the road. Parts of a highway were also buried neaby

Such incidents are not uncommon in rural Peru, where landslides and avalanches kill dozens of people and destroy hundreds of homes every year.


Source: Reuters
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Gigantic 6 kilometre earth crack opens up along Route III in Paraguay


Strange Sounds
Mon, 21 Dec 2015 14:48 UTC
Earth crack
How can you drive on this road in Paraguay?
About 6 km of road have been swallowed by a giant crack along Route III between the districts of Yby Yaú and Azotey in Paraguay.

This giant fissure in the gound is the result of torrential rains and the overflowing of creek Guireño on December 10, 2015. Apocalyptic.

Here an amazing aerial video showing the extent of this apocalyptical disaster.


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Silver Lake mysteriously dries up on Staten Island

Mary Kay Linge
New York Post
Sun, 20 Dec 2015 13:04 UTC
Silver Lake, Staten Island
© Jimmy OddoSilver Lake, Staten Island
Staten Island's Silver Lake is giving up decades of soggy secrets — from a vandalized street sign to an old motorcycle — as the massive city reservoir mysteriously drains away.

The water level is down six to seven feet since early October, photo comparisons show.

Leaks underneath the lake are going unaddressed by the city Department of Environmental Protection, which has also stopped pumping water into the lake.

The 56-acre lake was built as a city reservoir in 1917, but hasn't been used for drinking water since 1971. Today, underground storage tanks next to the lake supply Staten Island's water.
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Sinkhole closes road, detours traffic in Arkansas


Region 8 News
Mon, 21 Dec 2015 14:34 UTC
Blythesville sinkhole
© Blytheville Police Department
Blytheville drivers are being detoured after a sinkhole was found early Sunday morning at the intersection of 21st and Henley Streets.

The road is blocked on 21st Street between Main and Chickasawba, according to a Facebook post form the Blytheville Police Department.

Comment: Sinkhole devours highway, disrupts traffic in Oregon

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Chilling footage shows Shenzhen landslide demolish multi-level building in seconds; 91 now missing in disaster


RT
Mon, 21 Dec 2015 02:14 UTC
Shenzhen landslide
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A horrifying video of a landslide swallowing up the city of Shenzhen in southern China shows entire buildings being gobbled up in seconds. Meanwhile, the number of people missing has jumped to 91, China Central Television (CCTV) reports.

The disaster occurred in the Hengtaiyu industrial park in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, on Sunday morning, destroying a total of 22 buildings and causing a gas pipeline explosion.

Shocking video footage from CCTV shows an entire multi-level building collapse in under five-seconds. At first, people are in disbelief, but are then seen running away from the landslide seeking safety.

Comment: See also: 22 missing after landslide in industrial park in Shenzhen China

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22 missing after landslide in industrial park in Shenzhen, China


Asia Times
Sun, 20 Dec 2015 13:35 UTC
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Rescuers search for survivors among collapsed buildings after a landslide in Shenzhen
At least 22 people went missing after a landslide hit an industrial park collapsing nearly 20 buildings, including two dormitories, on Sunday in Shenzhen city of south China's Guangdong Province, rescuers said.

Police received the report of the landslide at 11:40am, which took place in the Liuxi Industrial Park in Guangming New District in northwest part of the city.

An area of 20,000 square meters (24,000 square yards) was covered under soil, the Ministry of Public Security's fire-fighting bureau said in an online statement.

More than 700 people are searching in debris for life. Rescuers have brought four people to safety, three of them suffering minor injuries.

A total of 185 firefighters, 37 fire trucks and rescue dogs have been rushed to the scene, according to the Weibo account of People's Daily.


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Sinkhole devours highway, disrupts traffic in Oregon


Tilamook County Pioneer
Sun, 20 Dec 2015 11:55 UTC
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© ODOTThe sinkhole on Highway 22.
(Update) The driver of the vehicle that encountered the sinkhole early this morning was not injured. He was driving a hay truck for Jenck Farms, of Tillamook, and managed to avoid landing in the hole, but did end up with the vehicle in a nearby ditch, according to Michelle Jenck, Jenck Farms co-owner. The truck is heavily damaged.

Oregon Highway 22, also known as the Three Rivers Highway or - by locals - "the Sour Grass," is closed until further notice owing to a sinkhole located about 2.5 miles east of the Dolph Junction and roughly 12 miles east of Hebo and the U.S. Highway 101 intersection.

Early reports indicate the hole is roughly 5 feet wide and 4 feet deep and affects both lanes. A vehicle narrowly avoided landing in it about 1 a.m. this morning, Tuesday, Dec. 8. It is unknown at this time if the driver was injured. A detour to Grand Ronde and the Willamette Valley is available via U.S. Highway 101 south to Lincoln City, and then east via Oregon Highway 18, the Salmon River Highway.

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Car with mother and girl swallowed by enormous sinkhole in Tver, Russia


Strange Sounds
Sat, 19 Dec 2015 21:16 UTC
Sinkhole swallows car
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And suddenly the road opened up just under their car.

A mother and her girl were swallowed by a giant sinkhole in Tver, Russia and were saved by a passing by family on December 14, 2015.

A car transporting a mother and her girl was swallowed by the ground on December 14, 2015 in Tver.

A family passing by heard a noise and saw the car beginning to fall into a large pit.

The husband ran to the car and pulled out of the trunk the child and then the woman.

Luckily they didn't get seriously injured. However, the child is still under shock.

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Avalanche buries about 10 houses in Svalbard, Norway


thelocal.no
Sat, 19 Dec 2015 19:16 UTC
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© APSearch and rescue crews work after an avalanche hit several houses in Longyearbyen, Norway, Saturday Dec. 19. 2015. It is unclear about the number of people caught in the avalanche but authorities are calling for volunteers with shovels to help in the search to locate victims
Several people were injured and several others missing on Saturday after an avalanche buried about 10 houses on the Svalbard archipelago in the heart of the Norwegian Arctic, local officials said.

"Several people have been injured and hospitalised. Some people are also missing," the region's government said on its website. "All available human resources are mobilised for the rescue operation."

A spokesman for the rescue services said four adults and two children were hospitalised but that their injuries were not life threatening.

Around 10 brightly-coloured wooden houses, typical of the style found in the archipelago, were buried by the avalanche which happened at around 11:00 am (1000 GMT).

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