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Two-year-old falls into Tennessee sinkhole, saved by pants leg

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One West Tennessee family saves their two-year-old child from a being swallowed by a massive sinkhole in Stanton, Thursday.

Haywood County deputies told WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News the toddler slipped in and fell into an open sinkhole around 5 o'clock on Circle Drive in Stanton, TN. Family members said the toddler was outside playing with her mother before she fell catching her pant's leg onto the concrete.

"I have a bad heart so you can imagine how I felt. I was crying, I couldn't remember any numbers... we just moved over here about 5 or 6 months ago and we didn't know this hole was here," said grandmother Regina Williamson.

The child's mother told WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News that she found her daughter half way into the hole, dangling by her pants. Officials said they believe the hole was around 5 to 7 feet deep and 10 feet wide underground.

"She was bringing out her Christmas boxes and stuff and she looked back and half of her was gone and her pants leg was holding her to keep her from falling to the bottom... I was afraid, I thought I had lost her," said Williamson.

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New cracks fracture Louisiana sinkhole in South Berm

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In this latest video from Dahboo7 we learn that new cracks have fractured the southern berm of the Louisiana sinkhole. We also learn that there have been an increasing number of micro earthquakes in the area in recent days.

Work is once again on hold at the giant Louisiana sinkhole after workers found another crack in the levee.

The new cracks are in the same spot where previous cracks were repaired in the lowest part of the south berm near the massive sinkhole in Assumption Parish.

Authorities also report an increase in the micro-earthquakes in the area.

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Giant sinkhole opens up in Ho Chi Minh City's People's Court, Vietnam

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Sinkholes, shaky building cause panic in Vietnam court

It was a scene straight out of a disaster movie.

At 3:30 pm Friday an office belonging to the Ho Chi Minh City's People's Court suddenly began to shake violently accompanied by loud noises. As dozens of people ran out in terror, two large sinkholes, one of more than 20 square meters, opened up.

Luckily, no one was injured as the heavily damaged building did not collapse and no one fell into the three-meter-deep holes.

It is thought the problem was caused by digging for a basement next door where a skyscraper is being built.

It happened at the Court of Administration-Economics-Labor at 26 Le Thanh Ton in the downtown area.

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Huge sinkhole opens up in Land O' Lakes, Florida


Two Florida families were forced from their homes today because of a possible sink hole.

Here you can see the huge hole in the ground just next to one of the homes in Land O' Lakes which is about 20 miles north of Tampa.

Neighbors are understandably nervous but so far, there are no reports of injuries.
A company brought in dirt to fill the hole, but tomorrow engineers will be out taking a closer look at the situation.

So far, there are no reports of injuries.

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Boulder the size of an elephant crushes entire house and instantly kills two inhabitants in Utah landslide

  • Two storey wooden building was reduced to pile of splinters by huge rock
  • It came rolling down a nearby valley after a landslide near Rockville, Ohio
  • The unsuspecting victims were inside the property when it was flattened
Two people have been killed after a rock slide sent a giant boulder rolling down a valley and onto the roof of their two storey home.

The house in Rockville, Utah, was completely demolished by the rock, which crushed the entire wooden structure of the building, leaving behind a scene of complete devastation.

When emergency services arrived at the scene, shortly after 5pm yesterday, they found the splintered remains of the home buried under the weight of the gigantic boulder which stood at a height of around 15ft.

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Impact: The house, which stood alone in front of a cliff face was crushed by the giant boulder after it was dislodged by the landslide

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Large sinkhole opens in Pennsylvania neighborhood

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Emma Lynn Conner was woken up around 5 a.m. by Lower Allen Township Police.

She and others on Deerfield Road were informed that the ground beneath them had once again opened up, this time due to a water main rupture.

What was outside dwarfed anything they had seen before.

By mid-afternoon half of Conner's driveway had been swallowed. By nightfall she told abc27 she feared that the fast-approaching cliff would compromise the entirety of the home that she had been living in for the past 50 years.

Drywall inside of her doorway had even given way.

Though fearful, Conner said with it being two days shy of Thanksgiving, she is mostly thankful no one was hurt.

"I took my car back and forth to the grocery store, to the bank," said Conner. "Cars come down the hill...anyone of us could have dropped into a hole."

Temporary patchwork could be completed within two days. A more permanent solution can not be installed before spring.

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Virgina sinkhole swallows car

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© Fairfax County ConnectorA car drove into and was stuck in a large sinkhole on Hummer Road and Pleasant Way in Annandale on Monday
A driver drove her car into a sinkhole in Annandale Monday morning, while trying to avoid a tree downed during the winter storm, Fairfax County police said. The aftermath of the accident was captured in a video posted on Facebook by Fairfax Connector.

Police said the 23-year-old woman was traveling northbound on Hummer Road shortly after 7 a.m., when she veered around the tree just south of Pleasant Way. The front end of her car plunged into the water-filled hole and the vehicle was flooded.

The woman was not injured in the crash. Police believe the sinkhole was caused by a water main defect.

"It's not that uncommon with all the freezing and thawing," said Lucy Caldwell, a Fairfax County police spokeswoman.

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Sinkhole swallows car in Bakersfield, California


David Williams said he got a phone call about 5:30 a.m. Friday. His car was partially underground.

Stuart Patteson, Bakersfield Public Works operations manager, said Williams' parked car was swallowed by a sinkhole at 1st and L streets, created by a deteriorated 36-inch sewer trunk line.


Comment: More sinkhole activity in California:
California couple wakes to find sinkhole in yard (March 2013)
US, California: Giant Sinkhole Opens up Near UCSD (Oct 2011)


Patteson said they pulled the car out of the sinkhole and started examining the extent of damage to the sewer line. Repairs will come next.

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Sinkhole nearly swallows pickup truck in Philadelphia

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© NBC 10/LuAnn CahnA gaping hole in the middle of a city street. Who's responsible?
A huge sinkhole on a city street nearly swallowed a pickup truck this morning, now what?

Now, the Water Department says that a resident of the 900-block of Randolph Street in Northern Liberties has to pay for the repair of the gaping hole that almost swallowed a gray Dodge pickup.

"$2600," says Larisa Dersko.

Comment: What's going on in Philly?

July 2013: Massive sinkhole swallows entire intersection in Philadelphia!


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Sinkhole swallows up truck in Chicago on Thanksgiving

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  • A pickup fell into a sinkhole in Chicago's South Side area about 8pm on Thursday night
  • One person was trapped inside the vehicle
  • Officials believe a broken water main cause the hole to form
  • It is the second sinkhole to form in the area in two weeks
A broken water main is the suspected cause of a sinkhole that formed in Chicago on Thanksgiving, swallowing a truck and trapping one person inside.

Firefighters had to work to extricate the person after the pickup fell into the hole in the 9500 block of South Commercial Avenue.Police say they received a call for help at 8.06pm.