Sinkholes

Massive sinkhole forming in Russia caught on camera

Daily Telegraph
Mon, 09 Mar 2015 20:17 UTC

Dramatic videos have emerged of a sinkhole forming in the city of Solikamskiy, Russia.

The footage, shot earlier this year by a resident, captures images of the huge hole in the ground only a few meters away from houses.

According to the filmer the 100 metre deep sinkhole formed after a Sylvinite ore colliery was flooded in November 2014.

According to the filmer - locals now fear that a neighbouring pit, which is connected to the collapsed one, will get flooded too and cave in right under their houses.

The filmer says locals think that the Russian authorities are hiding the risks of sinkholes in the region and allegedly say that the pit is stable and does not increase.

Sinkhole causes gridlock in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Malaysia Chronicle
Wed, 11 Mar 2015 00:23 UTC

A sinkhole the size of a wheel caused traffic to slow down in Jalan Maarof, heading to Bangsar. The wheel of a car also got stuck in it.

Kuala Lumpur City Hall's (DBKL) Civil Engineering and Drainage Department director Tan Keng Chok said the hole appeared after Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) employees were dragging an underground high tension cable to supply power for a nearby Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd construction site.

"The hole appeared after a 33kv cable was pulled to lay supply for the MRT construction in Jalan Damansara," Tan said, when contacted by The Rakyat Post today.

Comment: Yeah, right. It's the cable!

Adding that TNB had admitted its fault, Tan said repairs would be conducted on the road tonight.

An image of the hole was uploaded onto biker group Silaturrahim Brotherhood spokesman Azlan Sani Zawawi @ Lando Zawawi's Facebook page.

Lando, who regularly conducts road repair works on potholes and sinkholes and is part of the Kuala Lumpur City Hall's (DBKL) WhatsApp group, uploaded images of his conversation in the group, calling on the authorities to take swift action.

The image of the sinkhole was also uploaded on to Friends of BN's Twitter page.

Car crashes into sinkhole in Boston, Massachusetts

WHDH.com
Tue, 10 Mar 2015 08:43 UTC

A car was damaged after it crashed into a sinkhole Saturday night in Westborough.

The car fell a few feet into the sinkhole before it came to rest on a gas main below.

Firefighters were able to lay a ladder across the hole and walk out to the woman to rescue.

Police said the driver was not hurt, but the car was totaled.

Comment: The earth is opening up! There have been 25 sinkholes in the past month.

Family abandons home after sinkhole appears in Sechelt, Canada

John Gleeson
Coast Reporter
Fri, 06 Mar 2015 17:03 UTC

© Rik Jespersen
A three-metre-deep sinkhole opened up on this property on Gale Ave. North, in West Porpoise Bay on Feb. 26.

The District of Sechelt was scrambling this week after a three-metre-deep sinkhole emerged on a residential property on Gale Avenue North in the Seawatch subdivision on Feb. 26, prompting the family to leave their home.

The District was scheduling meetings with a geotechnical engineering firm it has retained and the geotechnical firm connected with the developer, Concordia Seawatch Ltd., communications manager Connie Jordison said Wednesday.

Jordison said a second property could also be affected.

"There's a property across the road on lot 9 showing signs of there being an impact on the driveway area, and that house I don't believe is occupied," she said.

A meeting was held Tuesday night with a large group of residents to update them on the problem and the District's response.

The District is continuing to monitor the situation and closed a portion of the road to vehicular traffic as a precautionary measure.

Villagers concerned over reappearing sinkhole in Bovingdon, UK

Katrina Turrill
Watford Observer
Thu, 05 Mar 2015 20:34 UTC

After sinkhole was filled in by the land owners, HMP The Mount, but collapsed again.

Villagers are looking for reassurance that land in Bovingdon where a reoccurring sinkhole has appeared is suitable for future development.

The sinkhole, which first appeared around January 17 this year on land by HMP The Mount, was said to be approximately 15ft deep. But soon after the owners of the land, the prison, filled the sinkhole with concrete and soil, the hole collapsed again on February 23.

Many residents in Bovingdon have joked about the hole being a prisoner's escape but serious questions have been raised surrounding the suitability of the land for future housing development plans, whether the hole was filled properly the first time, and what the hole means for residents living nearby.

Ross Butcher, national chair of ModeShift, who lives in Mitchell Close next to the Molyneaux Avenue prison, said: "The sinkhole was discovered by someone walking their dog one morning, and I then went out the next day to take pictures.

Second sinkhole appears on road in Aldershot, UK

James Chapple
Aldershot News & Mail
Mon, 02 Mar 2015 20:25 UTC

Reports surfaced on Monday morning of another sinkhole in Cambridge Road, within touching distance of the spot where the road caved in during January

Another vast sink hole has opened up in a road in Aldershot - just weeks after Thames Water patched up the last one.

Residents in Cambridge Road awoke on Monday morning to find another yawning chasm right outside their houses, within touching distance of the previous carriageway repairs.

The latest hole appeared after a bin lorry drove over an apparent weak spot in the road just yards from where Thames Water dealt with a collapsed sewer in January.

Cambridge Road itself reopened less than a month ago, but already there appears to be fresh problems with the embattled road.

Pictures sent in to the Historic Aldershot Military Town Facebook group on Monday by Gregan Court resident Hayley Else-Williams show a similar hole in the middle of the carriageway, around a metre-and-a-half in length by half-a-metre wide.

Fallen 50-tonne rock blocks main mountain road near Moûtiers, France

Jenny Awford
Daily Mail, UK
Sun, 01 Mar 2015 19:28 UTC

Holidaymakers were trapped in the French Alps after a giant 50-tonne boulder blocked a main mountain

Thousands of British holidaymakers were trapped in the French Alps after a giant 50-tonne boulder blocked a main mountain road.

Falling rocks cut off popular resorts Val Thorens, Les Menuires and St Martin and ski enthusiasts were left stranded in a 50-mile tailback.

Holiday coaches were stopped from entering and leaving the resorts in the Tarentaise Valley after authorities ruled the N117 road was too dangerous for large vehicles to use on Friday morning.

Plow truck gets stuck in sinkhole in Youngstown, Ohio

wkbn.com
Mon, 23 Feb 2015 20:34 UTC

Snow plow in sinkhole.

An intersection on Youngstown' west side was blocked Monday morning until water department crews could fill in a hole caused by water department excavation.

A city plow truck fell into the hole Sunday afternoon while clearing the intersection of N. Glenellen Ave. and Burbank Ave. in Youngstown.

A tow truck had to pull out the snow plow, which had gone straight through the pavement. The hole has since been patched with dry material.

The accident happened at the same place where a water main broke the week of Feb. 15.

Over 380 people evacuated in Naples, Italy after massive sinkhole opens up

Ashley Collman
Daily Mail, UK
Sun, 22 Feb 2015 20:02 UTC

A sinkhole opened up in the middle of a street in Naples, Italy early Sunday morning.

Residents in Naples, Italy woke up this morning to a massive sinkhole that opened up in the middle of a street.

Officials say the sinkhole started off as a depression in the road and is most likely caused by a broken sewer.

'It was 5 this morning when I heard a huge thud. I looked out and saw the road collapse and swallow a car,' a woman who lives in a neighboring apartment told Il Mattino.

Man and woman fall into sinkhole at South Korean train station

news.asiaone.com
Sun, 22 Feb 2015 15:45 UTC

A man and woman got off a train in South Korea, only to fall right into a sinkhole in the train station.

CCTV footage shows what happened during that incident.

As the man and woman get off the train, a patch of tiles in the station can be seen looking slightly out of place compared to the rest of the floor.

As both the man and woman step onto that patch, the section of floor gives and they both fall in.

Another man and woman look on in shock after narrowly avoiding the fall.

According to online reports, the man and woman sustained injuries from their fall.

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Sinkholes

Massive sinkhole forming in Russia caught on camera

Sinkhole causes gridlock in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Car crashes into sinkhole in Boston, Massachusetts

Family abandons home after sinkhole appears in Sechelt, Canada

Villagers concerned over reappearing sinkhole in Bovingdon, UK

Second sinkhole appears on road in Aldershot, UK

Fallen 50-tonne rock blocks main mountain road near Moûtiers, France

Plow truck gets stuck in sinkhole in Youngstown, Ohio

Over 380 people evacuated in Naples, Italy after massive sinkhole opens up

Man and woman fall into sinkhole at South Korean train station

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