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Five-metre-deep sinkhole almost swallows lorry, worker rescued, Hong Kong


Coconuts Hong Kong
Thu, 10 Sep 2015 16:23 UTC
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Yesterday at 2pm a large five-metre-deep and five-metre-wide pothole suddenly appeared under a lorry as it drove down Sunny Street in Ngau Tau Kok.

The road collapsed under the cab of the lorry, which was carrying Watson water jugs, but thankfully the driver and three passengers were able to climb out onto terra firma, reports Apple Daily.

A worker arrived on the scene to figure out how to tow the truck out of the hole, but unfortunately as he stood peering over the edge of the water-filled sinkhole, it eroded further, causing him to fall in.

The 65-year-old swam to the edge of the hole and was able to tread water until he was rescued by other workers. He was thankfully unharmed.

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Huge sinkhole opens up in Sturgeon Creek, Canada


Winnipeg Sun
Mon, 07 Sep 2015 14:57 UTC
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Brent Mackie stands by a large sinkhole open on Ness Avenue at Sturgeon Creek on Monday Sept. 07, 2015. The sinkhole opened during heavy rains last Friday.
Forgive neighbours in the area if they had a sinking feeling over the Labour Day Weekend.

Thanks to Friday's storm, a sinkhole on Ness Avenue near Sturgeon Creek expanded so much that it could have sucked in vehicles in one gulp.

"I heard a loud boom and the sinkhole that was already there quadrupled in size," said Brent Mackie, who lives on Alcott Street. "It's about 35-40 feet long, 15 feet wide and 15 feet deep.

"It's about 35 yards from my front door. It's like I've got a swimming pool in my front yard."

The original sinkhole, which was formed during the last monsoon about three weeks ago, was about 10 feet long, 12 feet wide and 10 feet deep, Mackie said.

"Holy smokes! It's turned into a psycho-sinkhole," said Barny Haines, who lives on Kirby Drive. "It's serious and the reality is, uncovered (like) it was when it first happened, it was fortunate that a car didn't go into it."
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Large sinkhole stops traffic at Texas wildlife refuge


kxii.com
Sat, 05 Sep 2015 22:43 UTC
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© Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge
A large sinkhole is stopping traffic through parts of the Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge.

The increased rainfall caused Lake Texoma to spill over into parts of the refuge. Now, that water is receding workers have noticed a large sinkhole has formed.

The sinkhole is on Wildlife drive. Crews have filled in the hole but the road remains blocked off. Refuge Volunteers said filling the hole is only a temporary measure until they're able to find what caused the hole

"Perhaps the pipes for the managed wetlands has collapsed," refuge volunteer, Randy Norris said."Another theory is it could have been associated with the beaver dam here, or just a geological subsidence. They're not entirely sure just yet."

The part of the Wildlife Road that's block off is still accessible by taking another route.

The refuge is open Sunday but will be closed Monday, for Labor Day.
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Massive sinkhole opens up in Philadelphia


6abc.com
Fri, 04 Sep 2015 11:59 UTC
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A water main break caused a large sinkhole to open up on a street in Northeast Philadelphia.

It happened early Friday morning on Chalfont Drive near Waldemire Drive.

Images from Chopper 6 HD over the scene showed about half of the street had collapsed into a large hole.

Traffic cones, saw horses and police tape were set up around the sinkhole to prevent motorists and pedestrians from getting too close.

There are sixty people without water.

So far, no word on when repairs will be complete.


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CT scan of Earth links deep mantle plumes with volcanic hotspots

Robert Sanders
UC Berkeley
Wed, 02 Sep 2015 23:21 UTC
University of California, Berkeley, seismologists have produced for the first time a sharp, three-dimensional scan of Earth's interior that conclusively connects plumes of hot rock rising through the mantle with surface hotspots that generate volcanic island chains like Hawaii, Samoa and Iceland.

Essentially a computed tomography, or CT scan, of Earth's interior, the picture emerged from a supercomputer simulation at the Department of Energy's National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.


While medical CTs employ X-rays to probe the body, the scientists mapped mantle plumes by analyzing the paths of seismic waves bouncing around Earth's interior after 273 strong earthquakes that shook the globe over the past 20 years.

Previous attempts to image mantle plumes have detected pockets of hot rock rising in areas where plumes have been proposed, but it was unclear whether they were connected to volcanic hotspots at the surface or the roots of the plumes at the core mantle boundary 2,900 kilometers (1,800 miles) below the surface.
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Sliding into the abyss: Giant sinkhole in Russian Urals keeps growing


Sputnik
Thu, 03 Sep 2015 13:21 UTC
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A sinkhole near one of the mines in Russia's Ural Mountains has grown in size at least fivefold since it was first reported last November; the huge abyss keeps swallowing up nearby summer cottages and shows no signs that it will stop getting bigger.

A huge sinkhole, in the very middle of a seasonal cottage community and near Solikamsk-2, a mine operated by Russia's biggest potash fertilizer producer UralkalI, keeps growing in size.

It is gradually widening, and swallowing in more nearby holiday homes as the earth keeps collapsing.
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Sinkhole swallows car in Boulder, Colorado


9news.com
Mon, 31 Aug 2015 14:41 UTC
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© Ariel Mata, KUSAThe woman driving a car that fell into a sinkhole after a Boulder water main break was not injured.
Crews are working to repair a sinkhole that opened up on a Boulder street, swallowing a car.

The car driving near Folsom Street and Iris Avenue in Boulder was almost completely swallowed up by a sinkhole Sunday evening.

The 53-year-old Boulder woman in the car got out of her Honda Civic before it sank into the four-by-six foot deep hole caused by a water main break.

Traffic in the area will be shut down until at least 3 a.m. Monday as crews work to fix the roadway before rush hour. Boulder says drivers should expect delay throughout the day as the westbound lanes will remain closed indefinitely for repairs.

"Not something you normally see on your way home from work," said Troy Ginley, a Boulder resident.

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5 sinkholes discovered in Negros Oriental, Philippines


Interaksyon
Thu, 27 Aug 2015 17:38 UTC
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© Philippine StarSinhole in Cebu. File photo
Mayor Ernesto Uy of Mabinay, Negros Oriental on Wednesday said he is awaiting the initial investigation report of the Mines and Geo-Sciences Bureau (MGB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Region 7 on the formation of sinkholes in the last barangay of that upland municipality.

He explained that the MGB-7's investigation report would be a basis for him to determine future actions of the Mabinay local government unit regarding the sinkholes, considering that the area where they are situated is close to the proposed site for the regional centers of the newly formed Negros Island Region (NIR).

As this developed, the mayor disclosed that as of late Wednesday, he ordered the Mabinay Rescue Group to proceed to the area and monitor the sinkholes following heavy rain earlier in the day.

Last week, at least four sinkholes were found at the Malaiba riverbed with a fifth one having formed over the weekend, spurred by continuous rains and widely perceived to have been caused by what residents believed to have been an earthquake or ground shaking nearby, said Uy.

At least two tension ground cracks were also monitored to have formed around the sinkholes, he added.
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Sinkhole swallows people at Chinese bus stop: Video footage


RT
Wed, 26 Aug 2015 15:55 UTC
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CCTV footage has emerged from China showing the shocking moment when four people fell into a sinkhole as the pavement suddenly gave away beneath them.The surveillance footage shows several commuters waiting for a bus in Harbin, in northeast Heilongjiang Province on Saturday, when a sinkhole opens up in the pavement, swallowing them.


Four people fell directly into the hole, suffering minor injuries, according to local reports. The video also shows a woman trapped on a steel beam just below the pavement. A group of bystanders can be seen helping to rescue the victims. Local media reported the sinkhole was two meters deep.The cause of the incident is under investigation.

Comment: Why are so many sinkholes happening all over the world recently? There is a new hypothesis in the book: Earth Changes and the Human Cosmic Connection.

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65-feet-deep sinkhole opens up in Groveland, Florida

Zach Dennis
Palm Beach Post
Mon, 24 Aug 2015 16:11 UTC
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Sinkhole in Groveland
A sinkhole in a Groveland neighborhood led to one person evacuating and almost forced a local middle school to close their doors after a boil-water alert was issued.

The sinkhole opened on Sunday afternoon, swallowing up parts of the street and driveway of a home in this central Florida town, police said. It measured at 45 feet wide and 65 feet deep and ruptured a water main, which caused the hole to fill with water, WFTV reported.

Sgt. Stephanie Crews of the Groveland Police Department said no one was injured, but one person had to be evacuated.

The sinkhole is estimated to stop shifting by Monday morning, WFTV added, and once that happens, crews will be able to cap off the water main and restore service to the customers that were affected.

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