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Woman rescued from 35 ft deep sinkhole in Cherokee County, Texas


Tyler Morning Telegraph
Wed, 29 Apr 2015 15:26 UTC
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One woman is in the hospital after falling into a massive sinkhole in Cherokee County.

The Lake Palestine East Fire Department tells CBS19 the accident happened on Wylie Road in the Shady Brook subdivision near Lake Palestine. The road began giving way early Monday morning and has been blocked off most of the day.

The woman slipped and fell in around 8:30 p.m. Monday while trying to put up barricades around the hole. Two firemen from the Lake Palestine East Fire Department had to go down into the sinkhole in order to pull her out. She was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries.

Comment: The Earth seems to be gobbling up everything she can. Check out:
  • Sinkhole causes death of man in Panola County, Mississippi
  • Dangerous sinkhole opens up in Gateshead, UK - 'Someone could have been killed'
  • Sinkhole swallows dump truck in Aiken, South Carolina


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Over 100 landslides triggered by heavy rain leave at least 14 dead in Salvador, Brazil

Richard Davies
floodlist.com
Wed, 29 Apr 2015 13:24 UTC
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© Manu Dias/ GOVBALandslides after heavy rain in Bairro do Lobato, Salvador, Brazil, April 2015.
Local civil defence officials today confirmed that at least 14 people have been killed in landslides near the city of Salvador in the Bahia region, north-eastern Brazil. Two people are still missing. Search and rescue operations, with assistance from military personnel, will continue today.

The landslides were triggered by heavy rain that fell between 26 and 28 April 2015. More than 100 landslides have been reported in the area, nearly all of them in the poorest areas on the steep hillsides around the city, such as Bom Juá, where 4 people died, and Bairro do Lobato, shown in the photos below.

Salvador Civil defence said that the heavy rain had caused 147 landslides. Floods were reported in 17 areas of the city, and at least 21 buildings have collapsed. Flooding affected some of the city's hospitals and caused schools to close.


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© Manu Dias/ GOVBALandslides after heavy rain in Bairro do Lobato, Salvador, Brazil, April 2015.
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Sinkhole causes death of man in Panola County, Mississippi


localmemphis.com
Sat, 25 Apr 2015 16:29 UTC
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Sinkhole in Panola County
One man is dead and another is in the hospital after heavy rains formed a sink hole in Panola County Friday night.

Panola County Coroner Gracie Gulledge told Local 24 Mount Olivet Road in Batesville was washed out due to rain.

Officials say the rain led to a car accident involving a truck with two men inside. They are not sure if the truck slid off the road or crashed into the pothole.

The truck's driver was taken to the med. His neice told Local 24 he had surgery today.

The passenger, however, died. An autopsy will be performed Monday to determine if he drowned or died from crash-related injuries.
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10-foot deep sinkhole appears on road in Powell, Michigan

Christina Hall
Detroit Free Press
Fri, 24 Apr 2015 13:13 UTC
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First, came the 32 Mile bridge closure.

Now drivers in northern Macomb County have to contend with another road closure a mile away thanks to a 4-foot-by-4-foot wide and 10-foot deep sinkhole.

"It's pretty deep," county Roads Department Director Bob Hoepfner said of the sinkhole on 33 Mile near Powell.

He said the county was notified of the sinkhole Wednesday night by Michigan State Police.

The sinkhole is blocked off by orange barricades and had a metal pole with yellow flags was sticking out of it this morning. Crews were coming onto the scene, and Hoepfner said he hoped the sinkhole would be repaired and the road reopened today.

Comment: Also see:
  • Sinkhole swallows garden sheds in Swanley, UK
  • Colorado city stumped by sinkhole with no broken water pipes
  • Woman plunges 8 feet down into a sinkhole in London


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Dangerous sinkhole opens up in Gateshead, UK - 'Someone could have been killed'

Lisa Hutchinson
Newcastle Chronicle
Sun, 26 Apr 2015 14:27 UTC
They say someone could have been killed or seriously hurt if they had fallen through the hole which appeared in Windsor Avenue, Bensham.
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© UnknownResident Sophie Storey, 20, with her daughter Angelica Mason, 10 months
Worried parents have told of their fears after a 5ft deep sink hole appeared in a Tyneside road.

The hole, measuring 2ft wide, suddenly appeared in Windsor Avenue in Bensham, Gateshead, on Thursday as families were soaking up the sunshine.

Police and council officials were called to make the area safe.

Now mums have said a child could have been killed if they had fallen through the Tarmac.

Comment: Sinkholes are quite a dangerous phenomenon, and many people have been swallowed by them. Check out the following sample from just the past few weeks:

  • Sinkhole swallows dump truck in Aiken, South Carolina
  • Woman plunges 8 feet down into a sinkhole in London


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Sinkhole swallows dump truck in Aiken, South Carolina

Maayan Schechter
Aiken Standard
Sat, 25 Apr 2015 14:31 UTC
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© Cindy KubovicAn Aiken City truck fell through a sinkhole Thursday on Moultrie Drive in the Gem Lakes extension area.
When a loaded City of Aiken dump truck drove through Gem Lakes as a test to evaluate resident complaints that the streets there were poorly constructed by the developer, it took a tow truck to get it back out when a portion of the scrutinized roadbed collapsed.

Engineers have determined a leaking storm drain under the area caused the truck to fall through the undermined road surface.

City employee Steve Brown was driving the dump truck, filled with rocks and dirt, on Moultrie Drive Thursday to test whether the roads were supportive enough to hold that amount of weight. He said the truck just "kind of started sinking on one side; it didn't just automatically happen." City crews quickly worked to free the truck, and with the help of Wayne's Automotive Towing, lifted it out of the hole successfully, but not without leaving a large footprint. Crews examined the hole by sticking a pole in to see how deep it was - the answer, about 5 feet.

Mike Goss, the supervisor over the City's utilities, said crews were going to have to cut around the hole, and then fill the area with stones for the time being.
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Dangerous sinkhole measuring 10 feet across closes road in Texas


News Channel 10
Fri, 24 Apr 2015 13:24 UTC
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Heavy equipment will be needed to repair a broken sewer main in Corpus Christi blamed for a sinkhole that's forced traffic to be diverted until next month.

The city utilities department reported Thursday that gap has been secured with steel plates and barricades.

The sinkhole, estimated to be about 10-feet across, opened Monday on busy Port Avenue.

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Woman plunges 8 feet down into a sinkhole in London

Lee Moran
New York Daily News
Fri, 24 Apr 2015 13:32 UTC
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A woman was injured after she plunged 8 feet down a sinkhole that opened up on the sidewalk of a busy London street.

She was walking past the Marrakech Express cafe on North End Road in Fulham, London, at around 8:30 a.m. Thursday when she fell into the chasm, the UK's Evening Standard reported.

Initially it was believed that the unidentified woman plummeted into the hole while pushing a baby inside a stroller. But it later emerged that it was just a shopping cart.

Comment: Sinkholes are getting scarier by the day! Also see:
  • One person suffers minor injuries after van falls into Toronto sinkhole
  • Fire engine rescued from 15 foot deep sinkhole in Brooklyn, New York
  • Forty by twenty feet wide sinkhole open sin Marietta, Georgia, swallows trees


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Town centre brought to a standstill after 15-foot sinkhole appears in Northampton, UK

Flora Drury
Daily Mail, UK
Thu, 23 Apr 2015 13:30 UTC
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Enormous: The hole opened up on Earl Street, Northampton, at about 2pm on Thursday
A busy town centre was brought to a standstill this afternoon after a mysterious 15-foot sinkhole opened up in the road without warning - almost swallowing a number of cars in the process.

Motorists had to swerve out of the way of the giant hole after it appeared on the residential Earl Street in Northampton at around 2pm, just hours after part of a London pavement collapsed, swallowing a pedestrian.

Shocking pictures show the gaping chasm - which was around eight foot (2.4 metres) wide - with a section of surrounding road also looking on the verge of collapse.

Police quickly closed off Earl Street, causing traffic chaos and leaving locals without water following damage to a water main.

A barmaid from the Charles Bradlaugh pub, opposite the hole, who did not wish to be named, said: 'We saw it from inside the pub.

'It was weird. It just collapsed but it gave way really slowly. It was gradual.

'I am not at all sure why it happened. It was really strange.'


Comment: Interestingly, on the previous night: Mystery boom heard in Northampton, UK

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Film shows powerful landslide ripping up trees like matchsticks in Russia

Kara O'Neill
Daily Mirror, UK
Tue, 21 Apr 2015 15:27 UTC
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Slow and steady: Powerful landslide engulfs Russian countryside
The terrifying natural phenomenon brought down hundreds of trees in the area as the ground appeared to collapse

The is the incredible moment a powerful landslide tore down hundreds of trees as it ripped through the countryside.

And despite its low speed, the landslide doesn't seem any less terrifying as it cascades down the hillside.

In the clip, the sound of tree roots can be heard as they rip from the ground while the rocky outcrops appear to subside and collapse in on themselves.

The footage emerged earlier this month, and information provided by the filmmaker claims the natural phenomenon occurred on April 1 in Zarechny, Russia.

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