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Body found after 15-foot-wide sinkhole suddenly appears in Queen Creek, Arizona


ktar.com
Fri, 05 Feb 2016 12:18 UTC
Rescue crews are on scene of a possible body recovery at a Queen Creek sinkhole.
© Scripps Media Rescue crews are on scene of a possible body recovery at a Queen Creek sinkhole.
A farm worker is feared dead after a sinkhole opened near a field on the outskirts of Phoenix on Friday.

The 15-foot-wide sinkhole formed between 1 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. as the man was working. Queen Creek spokeswoman Constance Halonen-Wilson said witnesses reported seeing him get out of his truck and disappearing a short time later.
A body has been confirmed, and fire and public works crews are continuing recovery efforts.

— Queen Creek official (@TOQC_official) February 6, 2016
Maricopa County Sheriff's Office spokesman Detective Doug Matteson said the man was walking to the back of the truck and taking off his work belt when he was swallowed. Matteson acknowledged it was incredibly bad luck for the ground to give way just as the man was walking in the area.

"It's kind of like getting stuck by lightning," Matteson said.

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Huge sinkhole swallows bus with 60 passengers near San Pedro, Paraguay


Strange Sounds
Sat, 06 Feb 2016 13:14 UTC
Bus in sinkhole
© Oviedopress.com
A bus transporting 60 people was swallowed by a giant sinkhole near San Pedro, Paraguay.

Intense rainfall is responsible for the collapse of the road on January 31, 2016. Luckily, nobody has been injured.

Bus in sinkhole
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Gaping sinkhole appears in Cornwall, UK


The Telegraph, UK
Wed, 03 Feb 2016 12:10 UTC
The edge of the sinkhole
© Newsflare/Ocean-ImageThe edge of the sinkhole
Footage shows a sinkhole which has appeared in the ground after an old mine shaft caved in near the Botallack Mine in St Just, Cornwall.

According to the filmer, "the hole appeared last month and appears to be widening".

Botallack Mine features as a filming location in popular BBC drama Poldark.

According to the person who filmed the sinkhole, the collapse of an old mineshaft left a gaping hole in a clifftop field.

Cornwall was once rich from the trade in tin, and the area is now dotted by hundreds of old mine stacks, engine houses and unmapped mineshafts.

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Pacifica, California residents on edge as 2nd sinkhole opens along seawall

Amy Hollyfiend
ABC 7 News
Fri, 05 Feb 2016 11:56 UTC
2nd sinkhole on Pacifica seawall
© KRONA 2nd sinkhole on develops on Pacifica's seawall
Pacifica residents are feeling on edge Friday morning now that a second sinkhole opened up along the seawall.

They say the huge waves that pounded them Thursday night and Friday morning aren't very comforting. The Pacifica seawall is taking a beating this winter, with El Nino giving the waves here an intensity that surprises even long-time residents.

"In the eight to nine years we have been here, these are some of the largest waves we have seen break over the seawall," resident Rex Roggasch said. The steady barrage of waves is taking a toll. The second sinkhole in three weeks broke open Thursday on the seawall, right outside Terri Jackson's apartment.

She's dealing with her own wave-created problems. Her carefully landscaped yard was wiped out by waves. "We enjoyed many a fire pit night out there, but now unfortunately it is reduced to sand and broken pieces of lumber," Jackson said. The city of Pacifica has asked the state for some emergency money but on Monday will also ask the city council for some emergency funds as well.


Comment: Note that the city of Pacifica (just south of San Francisco, below Daly City) is in the San Andreas fault line.

Drone footage of the first sinkhole is below:


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Massive sinkhole swallows car with family in Trujillo, Peru

Ross Logan
Daily Mirror, UK
Sat, 06 Feb 2016 16:59 UTC
car was swallowed up by an enormous sinkhole
© SOL tvSinking feeling: A young family had to be rescued after their car was swallowed up by an enormous sinkhole
A young family had to be saved after a gigantic sinkhole opened up beneath them and swallowed the car they were sitting in.

Video footage of the rescue shows the car lying almost vertically in the chasm, as passersby help a man and woman climb out of the driver's side door.

Three people, Edgar Orlando Bartolo Silva, 34, Marisol Mercedes Gutierrez Siccha. 31 and their two-year-old daughter escaped unhurt, Sol TV reported.

They were taken to hospital as a precaution.

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Mysterious deep fissures appear in Bissarieh, Lebanon


Strange Sounds
Thu, 04 Feb 2016 18:48 UTC
Road collapse after two large cracks mysteriously appeared in the village of Bissarieh in Lebanon.
© Daily Star LebanonRoad collapse after two large cracks mysteriously appeared in the village of Bissarieh in Lebanon.
Residents of Bissarieh, Lebanon are currently living in a state of panic and apprehension after landslides, ground shifting and deep fissures are threatening their homes.

Unexplained cracks in the roads leading to the village have emerged. Residents worry that some of the cracks threaten building foundations, leading to their sudden collapse. And again, the cause of the damage is unknown.

Toward the center of the neighborhood a large crater has already destroyed part of one
building. This large fissure (or sinkhole?) is more than a 100 meters wide and several meters deep.

Nothing similar has ever been witnessed in the region.
© Daily Star LebanonNothing similar has ever been witnessed in the region.
Two other fissures have destroyed the main road. On either side of the fissures the earth has shifted, threatening the foundations of around 10 nearby buildings.
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Huge sinkhole opens up on road in Wildwood, Missouri

Andy Banker
fox2now.com
Wed, 03 Feb 2016 13:58 UTC
Sinkhole
Sinkhole
Beware of a massive sinkhole in Wildwood; the hole is about 20' around and looks to be up to 40' deep in spots.

Both Rose Newell and her granddaughter Sophia had ridden over the stretch of Melrose Road near Highway 100 not long before the hole opened late Tuesday afternoon. Sophia on the bus coming home from school.

"We drove it over this and we were perfectly fine," she said.

A short time later the hole opened after an SUV drove over it.

"Safety is the biggest concern. It's a rural road. It just happened to be at the right spot and the right time to open up underneath the roadway," said Wildwood Mayor, Tim Woerther.

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Dog missing for 3 days found buried alive in sinkhole, Platte County, Missouri

Monica Evans
fox4kc.com
Mon, 01 Feb 2016 14:27 UTC
Maverick
Maverick
A dog missing for three days is found buried in a 5-foot sinkhole in Platte County.

Lisa Van Valkenburgh said she let her dog Maverick out Thursday evening to relieve himself and he wandered off. Van Valkenburgh said she and her family searched for her dog and found him Saturday afternoon.

"I walked this road. I walked down and back and walked on this side and came right here and heard a moan, like a bark," Van Valkenburgh said.

Maverick's owner said she couldn't believe her 12-year-old German Shepherd was buried alive. "That would swallow a child; that is a dangerous situation," she said.

When the dog was pulled to safety Van Valkenburgh said he was lethargic and dehydrated.

Greg Sager, the Platte County Director of Public Works said water caused the pipe to rust and the soil was washed away, creating the sinkhole. Sager said a new pipe was ordered today and he expects to have it replaced in a week or two.

As for Maverick, his veterinarian said he's expected to make a full recovery.

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Forgot to pay the parking fee? Sinkhole in Moscow swallows two cars


RT
Wed, 03 Feb 2016 17:31 UTC
Moscow parking space sinkhole
© alicebon5 / Instagram
Moscow authorities are trying to determine what caused a rather deep crevice to open up in a parking lot in the capital's northeast. It swallowed two cars! Social media users jokingly suggested the drivers overlooked the parking fee.

The incident happened on Wednesday after two unsuspecting drivers parked their Hyundai and BMW on a spot that would soon turn into a gaping hole.

The Hyundai was unlucky and literally took a dive into the gap. It had to be pulled out with a crane and a tow truck, while the BMW teetered on the edge of the crater.

The surface of the hole was 15 square meters (nearly 161 square feet) and was 3 meters deep, TASS reported.

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Underwater sinkhole in Romblon, Philippines draws curiosity, fear

TJ Dimacall
GMA News Online
Mon, 01 Feb 2016 16:29 UTC
Sinkhole Philippines
Sinkhole Philippines
The apparently sudden appearance of a sinkhole in a creek in Romblon has raised concern among parents and authorities in the area.

The creek is a common play area for local kids, who love to take a dip in its cool waters. But just over the weekend, two kids were surprised to discover a 1.8-meter-deep sinkhole in their usual haunt.

Parents have since warned their kids to stay away from the creek for fear that they may be sucked into the hole.

This fear may be unfounded, however: sinkholes are usually just depressions formed by the collapse of the surface above a hidden space in the ground.
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