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Canadian sinkhole forces highway closure


A huge sinkhole has closed both lanes of Highway 2 north of Prince Albert.Officials say a washout from heavy rains caused the road collapse.

The sinkhole is located about 52 kilometres north of the Waskesiu turnoff.Repairs are underway, but it wasn't known when the highway would reopen.

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Sinkhole swallows front end of semi in Mission, Kansas

An apparent sinkhole swallowed up the front end of a semi tractor-trailer in Mission, Kan. Saturday afternoon.The pictures below were sent to FOX 4 by Jamie McCray. Others also watched as authorities tried to retrieve the truck from the lot. FOX 4 is working to gather more information on this developing story after the heavy rains.

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Five years on, two large sinkholes are still swallowing street in Cape Girardeau, Missouri


Five years ago, we reported on sinkholes becoming a problem on South Sprigg Street.

The problem has gotten much worse over time, and could close part of the street for good.

Sinkholes have been in the news a lot over the past few months.

There was the man who died in Florida after his home was swallowed by a sinkhole.

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30-Foot Sinkhole Revealed Along I-69 Route, Indiana

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© Brian Garvey / Citizens for Appropriate Rural RoadsTom Tokarski (right) stands next to a sinkhole in southwestern Monroe County.
Indiana Department of Transportation officials say they anticipated sinkholes along I-69 and are working to fill them.

As I-69 construction continues in Monroe County, crews are encountering a number of sinkholes.

The state department of transportation says it is not unexpected given all the karst features in the area. But residents are worried about the impact of the construction on the environment.

Bulldozers and land movers are working to clear a path through southern Monroe County that will eventually become part of I-69.

This phase of the construction is the most challenging because of the karst topography. The construction is exposing large caverns, some 30 feet deep and 15 feet across.

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Missouri sinkhole area called 'very dangerous' to public

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© Adam Vogler / Southeast MissourianOne of two sinkholes located in the 2300 block of South Sprigg Street
Cape Girardeau's public works director Tim Gramling said two sinkholes on South Sprigg Street, near LaCroix Creek, continue to grow. A sinkhole in the creek is causing water to flood into the nearby Buzzi Unicem quarry.

Gramling said as the waters of the Mississippi River rose to above flood stage for the second time this spring, the problem worsened. He said one of the sinkholes on South Sprigg Street is about 50 feet in diameter and about 15 feet deep. A second sinkhole near the end of the bridge over the creek is 20 to 25 feet in diameter and is roughly 6 to 8 feet deep.

"And it's growing as we're talking," he said.

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Sinkhole snares truck in West Point, Utah

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© Courtesy PhotoSouthbound traffic will open up shortly at 275 N. 2000 W. in West Point. Northbound will be closed for a while.
A sinkhole measuring about five feet wide and eight feet deep will close the right-hand turning lane on 2000 West just before 300 North until crews can repair it, officers said.

Davis County Sheriff's Sgt. Susan Poulsen said a white truck got stuck in the sink hole sometime after 1 p.m. on Wednesday. The truck did not receive any damage.

The road is also known as State Road 108. Utah Department Transportation crews will assess the sinkhole and repair it, Poulsen said. It could take some time before the lane is open again for traffic.

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Sinkhole nearly swallows car in Buffalo, New York

City crews were out late Wednesday afternoon to begin repairing a sinkhole that opened up and nearly swallowed a small car in Buffalo's Kaisertown neighborhood.

Neighbors tell us the hole located at Willett and Griswold was just patched up in the morning, then gave way and grew into this sinkhole just as a car was driving down the street.


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Large sinkhole swallows backyard pool in Florida

Winter Park, Florida - A large sinkhole swallowed up half of a woman's backyard pool. The sinkhole is 40-feet by 50-feet wide and 30-feet deep.


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Massive sinkhole to keep central Washington D.C. streets closed for another week

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© Marvin Joseph/The Washington PostA large sinkhole opened on 14th Street, D.C. last week.
The sinkhole in downtown Washington will continue to block lanes and impede traffic until the end of the work week, officials said Tuesday.

Authorities shut down parts of 14th and F streets in Northwest Washington last week after a pit opened at the intersection, which is blocks from the White House and in an area full of restaurants and hotels.

The work is taking so long because workers digging down to the sewer line have to navigate a complex thicket of utility lines and old trolley tracks, according to George S. Hawkins, general manager of the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority.

"It's been the most complicated street repair I've seen since I've been on the job," Hawkins said at a news conference in front of the sinkhole.

Work at the pit could cost nearly $2 million, Hawkins said.

Comment: "That's our best hypothesis..." Oh dear, authorities everywhere are soon gonna have to do better than that to explain the global
explosion in sinkholes to a population going "HUH?!"

The planet is opening up...