The man-made pond at Abney Hall Park in Stockport took just hours to drain away after water was spotted spiralling down a 'giant plughole' on Thursday morning

A 40ft sinkhole has drained almost all of the water from a pond in one of Stockport's main parks.

The man-made pond at Abney Hall Park in Stockport took just hours to drain away after water was spotted spiralling down a 'giant plughole' on Thursday morning.

The hole in the bed of the clay pond is believed to lie above a massive 40ft sinkhole which is taking water away to a nearby waterfall.

Work to preserve wildlife living in the pond is currently underway, while walkers and park enthusiasts have reacted with horror at the state of the former beauty spot.

A man had to be hospitalized after he was freed from a giant hole filled with water and mud.

Rescue crews had to race against time to recover that man who was stuck in the muddy, water-filled hole for almost three hours. According to authorities, the man was working when the ground suddenly collapsed around him in Apollo Beach, near Tampa, Thursday, at around 3 p.m.

In video from the scene, you could see the man stuck in mud up to his waist as rescue crews worked to free him. Reports indicated the hole is approximately 30 feet deep by 30 feet wide.

Rescuers at the scene tried to keep his head above water as the worker used his free hand to push mud and water away. Paramedics put an IV in his arm, giving him water to drink while they worked to get him out.

Two other co-workers tried to free him earlier, but they wound up in the hospital for exhaustion. The local fire chief spoke to media about their valiant rescue efforts. "The workers who were with him had fashioned an apparatus to try to secure him and that apparatus-- actually secured to a 4x4-- actually sunk down deeper into the mud. Now what we were trying to do was get him free from that wood, initially. Once we did, we were able to get his right leg out. For the last probably half-hour we've been working here. He's been out with the exception of his lower left leg, which we were finally able to get out."

Officials also noted hypothermia was a concern, despite the warm Florida temperatures.

Officials said the location is a site for the construction of new homes. Crews had to call in a specialized rescue team to help remove the man.

The worker was taken to the hospital where his condition remains unknown. We will bring more information on his condition as it becomes available to us.

Jerome Murdough was just looking for a warm place to sleep on a chilly night last month when he curled up in an enclosed stairwell on the roof of a Harlem public housing project where he was arrested for trespassing.

A week later, the mentally ill homeless man was found dead in a Rikers Island jail cell that four city officials say had overheated to at least 100 degrees, apparently because of malfunctioning equipment.

The officials told The Associated Press that the 56-year-old former Marine was on anti-psychotic and anti-seizure medication, which may have made him more vulnerable to heat. He also apparently did not open a small vent in his cell, as other inmates did, to let in cool air.

"He basically baked to death," said one of the officials, who all spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not permitted to discuss specifics of the case.

The medical examiner's office said an autopsy was inconclusive and that more tests were needed to determine Murdough's exact cause of death. But the officials, all with detailed knowledge of the case, say initial indications from the autopsy and investigation point to extreme dehydration or heat stroke

Those who pass by a growing sinkhole on Alexandrine Street in Detroit are becoming concerned about the condition and safety of the street.

Chris Estham lives nearby and says, at first, he thought the hole was a pothole, but then noticed it was about six feet deep and 20 feet wide when he got a closer look.

The sinkhole is also becoming hazardous for nearby businesses. The parking lot of Slows To Go, a popular restaurant, is right next to the sinkhole, and Ladder 20 uses the alley to back up its trucks into their garage.

Estham says he called the city weeks ago about the problem but has not seen any action, and since then the problem has worsened.

FOX 2 has learned the abandoned manhole was not backfilled, and the cavity beneath it create the sinkhole.

A sinkhole has closed an intersection in central Toledo until repairs can be made.

The opening was reported Monday near the intersection of Fernwood and Detroit Avenues.

The city says the hole is too deep to be repaired by city crews, so a contractor has been called in. That contractor is expected to begin work on the hole Tuesday. The hole could take a day or two to repair, according to the city.

Toledo is no stranger to sinkholes. Last July, a water main break caused a sinkhole to open near the intersection of Detroit and Bancroft. A car fell in, but the driver made it out alive.

An Indianapolis Fire Department engine got stuck in a sinkhole on the city's south side on Monday night.

It happened at Boyd and Finley avenues, near East Raymond Street and Interstate 65.

According to a tweet from IFD, the engine was on its way to a fire when the incident happened. The fire was minimal in an unoccupied residence.

Officials say the sinkhole is 4 feet x 8 feet deep. No one was hurt.

According to IFD, the engine was not damaged. It was taken to the IFD Shops and found to be OK and has remained in service.

A large sinkhole has forced the Road Commission for Oakland County to close Drake Road just north of Maple Road in West Bloomfield Township for at least two weeks, it reported Friday.

In a press release, the road commission said it closed the road Thursday and it will remain closed as the county department works to repair the road.

During the closure, the detour route for through traffic is Maple Road to Farmington Road to Walnut Lake Road and vice versa.

This is the third reported sinkhole in Oakland County this week. Sinkholes were reported Tuesday in Royal Oak and Farmington Hills.

Sink hole behind Fed Courthouse Northern Av pic.twitter.com/aN6BYFCRHe
- John GrelandBPD (@captaingreland) March 12, 2014

The weather in New England has been chaotic over the last few months, but there hasn't been anything that really qualifies as a natural disaster. Until Wednesday.

Several news outlets reported that a large sinkhole appeared behind Joe Moakley Federal Courthouse on Northern Avenue in South Boston.

No injuries were reported and that the area was fenced off as a crew worked to contain and repair the damage. A 30-foot sinkhole certainly isn't the worst this country has seen, but for Boston, that's pretty bad.

BostInno said that Boston Police Captain John Greland's tweet (see above) was the first report of the sinkhole. But Wednesday night, local news outlets were on scene with live coverage.

Officials say no children were hurt when a loaded school bus slid partially into a sinkhole on a city street in northeast Ohio, nearly flipping it.

A school official in Conneaut said the pavement collapsed as the bus passed on Monday afternoon, causing the rear wheels to fall into the hole. The angle of the bus in the hole caused problems for rescue workers trying to get the 30 elementary-aged children off the bus.

School superintendent Kent Houston tells The Star-Beacon that the kids were more scared than anything. They were transferred to another bus for the ride home. A wrecker was called to extract the bus.

The sinkhole may have been caused by one of the water leaks that have resulted from the extreme weather this winter.

Source: AP

Spring isn't even officially here yet and already Bloomington City Engineer Kevin Kothe is tired of dealing with sinkholes.

For the second time in as many days, the Bloomington Public Works Department was called Tuesday to the scene of a vehicle stuck in a sinkhole. As a result, Locust Street will be closed to through traffic for water and sewer repair for several days, he said.

"Because of the safety issues with that street, we had to close it as well," he said.

That comes a day after a sinkhole on Monday forced the closure of the 900 block of North Lee Street. A car wheel sunk through the pavement, unveiling an underground hole several feet deep that remained under repair Tuesday.

The latest problem surfaced when a Union Pacific heavy machinery truck was eastbound on Locust about 11:15 a.m. The driver's side rear dual wheels got stuck in a sinkhole near the intersection of Locust and Western Avenue.