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"These bear a striking similarity to black smokers in the deep sea, but the system is completely different," said Dr. Christian Siebert, a hydrogeologist at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ). Siebert has been studying groundwater dynamics in the region for many years.
The black smokers on mid-ocean ridges are at a depth of several thousand meters, and release hot water that contains sulfides. But extremely salty water is coming from the white smokers on the bottom of the Dead Sea.
"This incident could have happened anywhere," said a local politician.
According to a Facebook post by local politician Kerk Chee Yee, this happened sometime between 3am and 4am on Saturday (16 Nov) morning in Ayer Keroh, which is a town in Malacca state.
A photo he shared showed that the road had caved in at a traffic junction across from Ayer Keroh Police Station.
In other photos posted on social media, water can be seen flowing through a drain inside the sinkhole.
They also showed that the authorities had cordoned off part of the road around the sinkhole to prevent accidents.
Workers were also seen measuring the sinkhole.
At around 6pm, the Madrid City Council Fire Department withdrew after cutting the pipe to prevent water leakage and ensuring that no damage had occurred to the gas pipe.
The sinkhole, which has affected both Avenida de los Toreros and Calle Pilar de Zaragoza, is about 30 metres long and six metres deep.
During the prevention work, the firefighters have recovered two motorcycles that were parked on the road and had fallen into the hole.
From now on, once the area has been secured, Canal de Isabel II will manage the repair of the pipeline and the roadway.
According to reports, the Xia Tianchi Reservoir mainly relies on natural rainfall and has always been an essential water source for local residents and the surrounding ecosystem. However, residents recently noticed that the water level began to drop unusually, eventually reaching near depletion, exposing a prominent pit at the bottom. Some residents mentioned that the water did not disappear all at once but gradually diminished over time.
This phenomenon has sparked widespread attention and concern among the locals, who are speculating that geological shifts or other unknown reasons might be behind the anomaly. In response, staff from Gele Mountain Street have acknowledged the situation and emphasised its importance. They stated that relevant departments have already intervened, conducting emergency repairs and restoration of the reservoir while thoroughly investigating the cause of the incident.
The cobblestone street collapsed out of the blue on Wednesday morning in the Orhideelor area of Sector 6.
The images are impressive with the car completely fallen and the garbage truck partially submerged in this pit.
The firefighters are intervening to secure the area where the asphalt collapsed.
"We are intervening to secure the area at an event that occurred on Orhideelor Road in the Capital. The event involves a parked car and a garbage truck passing through the area at the time the pavement collapsed.
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Yesterday, October 6 at around 9.30pm, the road at the Kesakamol Bridge intersection on Nakhon Chaisi Road in Dusit district, Bangkok, collapsed. The incident forced officials to immediately close the area to traffic.
Witnesses reported that cracks began to appear on the road surface around 7pm but vehicles were still able to pass. By 9pm, the road rapidly sank, creating a large hole.
Nipon Sriuang, director of the Canal System Division at the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's Drainage Office, explained that the collapse occurred at a bridge section under construction as part of the Khlong Prem Prachakorn dam project. This project involves the pouring of concrete to reinforce a 2-kilometre canal embankment.
© DawnA four-wheeler falls into a sinkhole which appeared at Khayaban-i-Firdausi, Johar Town.
"The road has become extremely dangerous for motorists, as sinkholes can emerge at any time, putting lives at risk. Look at this incident - the car fell in, injuring the driver and his friend," said a bystander.
Last year in October, a major sinkhole had appeared at the same place (in front of the main entrance to the Revenue Cooperative Housing Scheme), injuring three family members after their car fell into it.
A rescue official reported that the two persons in the car were injured after being trapped when the sinkhole suddenly appeared. The vehicles following narrowly avoided falling into it.
Hong Kong taxi plunges into sinkhole
Fortunately, the driver and passenger escaped the vehicle in time.
At around 12.32am, a taxi was traveling eastbound toward Mong Kok on Lai Chi Kok Road when an underground water pipe burst, which led to suspected road subsidence.
The taxi became trapped in the sinkhole, which continued to widen as water flowed out and flooded all three lanes of the road.
By around 1.50am, the taxi was completely submerged in a hole that reached depths of five to six meters, filled with water, sand and mud. Officers from the Water Supplies Department said they managed to isolate the burst mains at 5am.
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