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Island off the coast of North Carolina that appeared then vanished has returned

Sadie Whitelocks
Daily Mail
Tue, 14 Apr 2020 16:29 UTC
Shelly
This photograph shows a 98ft-long sandbar in the spot previously occupied by Shelly Island
An island that disappeared off the North Carolina coast two years ago not long after forming is back.

Shelly Island, off the tip of Cape Point in Buxton, appeared in January 2017, eventually measuring one mile length-ways and 400ft across. But it vanished in early 2018 after being battered by a series of storms.

The landmass is proving to be resilient, though. A few days ago beachgoers spotted a 98ft-long (30m) sandbar in roughly the same spot that Shelly occupied, with photographs showing birds sunning themselves on it.

The photos were posted on Sunday to the Facebook page of Cape Hatteras National Seashore, which is managed by the U.S. National Park Service and protects that stretch of coastline.

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140-foot deep sinkhole still growing in Wooburn Green, UK

Matt Joy
Bucks Free Press
Fri, 10 Apr 2020 16:11 UTC
How the sinkhole looked last month
© Lesley JamesHow the sinkhole looked last month
Sappers Field has been closed until further notice because the sinkhole that has opened up is now approximately 140-foot deep.

The popular Wooburn playing field will be closed to the public for the foreseeable future, with a 60-foot deep chasm now underneath the sinkhole.

Wooburn and Bourne End Parish Council released a statement, which reads: "Sappers Field is closed because the whole of it, not just the area around the sinkhole, is potentially unstable and very dangerous.

"The sinkhole is approximately 140 feet deep, with an underground chasm stretching 60 feet from the centre. Any part of the field could collapse in a similar way.
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Massive sinkholes in Gauteng, South Africa swallowing homes, roads

Ntwaagae Seleka
News 24
Wed, 11 Mar 2020 13:32 UTC
One of the sinkholes which residents use to dump garbage.
© Ntwaagae SelekaOne of the sinkholes which residents use to dump garbage.
Residents from a Khutsong suburb outside Carletonville could soon be forced to leave their homes because of a sinkhole swallowing up giant portions of land, laying waste to properties and infrastructure.

Community leaders have accused the local Merafong City Municipality of ignoring geologists' reports which years ago said this the earth was likely to give way. The City confirmed that it plans to rehouse more than 25 000 residents.

Homes and streets have already completely disappeared in some parts, leaving residents in nearby areas worried that their properties could be next.

A stench from the broken sewer pipes hangs over the area. Some residents have taken to using the sinkholes as dumping sites.

In some places, owners have abandoned their homes which continue to fall into the sinkholes bit by bit. The situation is often worsened by heavy rain.

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Sinkhole 30 feet deep opens up in Charlotte, North Carolina


wsoctv.com
Mon, 09 Mar 2020 12:46 UTC
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Crews are monitoring a huge sinkhole that opened up between two homes in northwest Charlotte Sunday night, police said.

Officials were called to the scene on Cub Creek Lane near Capps Hollow Drive just before 8 p.m.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said the sinkhole was about 15 feet wide and 30 feet deep.

Neighbors said they heard a loud bang and then saw parts of the yard falling in. Authorities said no one was hurt.

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Massive sinkhole opens up in Toms River, New Jersey

Andrew J. Goudsward
Asbury Park Press
Tue, 03 Mar 2020 12:16 UTC
A massive sinkhole opened on Windsor Avenue in Toms River March 2
© Toms River Police DepartmentA massive sinkhole opened on Windsor Avenue in Toms River, March 2
A massive sinkhole opened on Windsor Avenue Monday, shutting down the roadway, police said.

Windsor Avenue between League Road and Garfield Avenue will be closed "around the clock" while utility crews conduct repairs, Toms River police said in a Facebook post.

No one was injured as a result of the road collapse, police spokeswoman Jillian Messina said.
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Giant unexplained sinkhole continues to enlarge in Westonaria, South Africa


Randfontein Herald
Wed, 12 Feb 2020 12:59 UTC
The sinkhole is less than 80 metres away from houses in the area.
© Tumi RibaThe sinkhole is less than 80 metres away from houses in the area.
A huge sinkhole in an open veld near Davies Street in Westonaria has the town talking - especially those who live nearby.

One of the residents, 85-year-old Pat Markotter is one of those who are concerned about the dangers it poses.

"I took photo a while ago when it was much smaller. Look at it now, it has grown bigger. Two trees have already fallen in; this really poses a serious danger to everyone near it," he said.

Watch the following video of the sinkhole taken recently.

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Horse rescued from sinkhole in Maury County, Tennessee

Ben Hooper
UPI
Wed, 12 Feb 2020 12:35 UTC
HORSE SINKHOLE
Firefighters in Tennessee said they used heavy equipment to dig a path to safety for a horse that fell into a sinkhole.

The Maury County Fire Department said crews responded alongside personnel from the Maury County Office of Emergency Management, Maury County Animal Control and the Spring Hill Fire Department when the horse was found in the sinkhole Tuesday on Forest Ridge Trail.

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Sinkhole swallows truck in Grand Ledge, Michigan

Alexis Ware
wilx.com
Sat, 08 Feb 2020 12:49 UTC
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Sinkhole takes out salt truck (not for a meal)
A giant sinkhole out in Grand Ledge needed a crane to get a salt truck out of it.

The worker was said to be turning around in the old gas station on Saginaw and Jenne Street, just down the road from Grand Ledge Schools and it has residents worried.

"This gas station, back in the year 2005 had a gas leak and they ended up digging the tanks out," Rick Jones, Former State Senator/ Sheriff sai.

Jones says he's been a resident of Grand Ledge for 40 years and has seen the old gas station transform into a mechanical shop and then into nothing. Now, it sits as state property but the real concern is that it's in a school zone.

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State of The Climate Report 2020

Tony Heller
Real Climate Science
Fri, 07 Feb 2020 18:37 UTC
The Climate is fine, but climate science is a catastrophe - and Congressional Democrats demand a censorship plan from Google by tomorrow.
AP News Clip
© Associated PressU.N. Predicts Disaster if Global Warming Not Checked
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'Unbelievable': Giant sinkhole threatens to swallow 2 mobile homes in Tallahassee, Florida

CD Davidson-Hiers
USA Today
Wed, 29 Jan 2020 11:00 UTC
Giant sinkhole opens at Florida mobile home park
Giant sinkhole opens at Florida mobile home park
Anwar El Khouri, 74, has lived in a mobile home in Florida for 11 years. Tuesday, a 50-foot sinkhole opened up in his front yard.

El Khouri says he's worried about losing his home as loose dirt continues to fall from the walls of the sinkhole in Tallahassee. His mobile home and another hang off the edge of the crater, which also swallowed a pine tree. Yellow tape with the words, "Fire Line Do Not Cross," creates a perimeter around the the crater.

El Khouri described how, a couple of days ago, he felt his trailer shake and he asked himself at the time: "Did the Earth change?"

He doesn't know why the hole opened.

"They tell me in Florida, it's like this," said El Khouri, adding he never saw one while living in Miami.

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