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Three counties in Florida's Tampa area make up a region sometimes called "sinkhole alley" because of the over 20,000 sinkholes there, almost 75% of the sinkholes in the whole state, according to ...
“My worst fear is for it to overtake us at night,” one resident told a news outlet. “So that’s the reason we haven’t really been able to sleep.”
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Cambria Cavern was a small limestone solutional cave which was discovered on 8 February 2018 when a portion of the cave's roof collapsed, causing sinkhole opened up in a residential area in Round Rock, Texas. [2] To stabilize the road and utility lines above the cave, the cave was partially filled with concrete and sealed. [3]
The 1981 sinkhole, which grew out of the smaller 1969 sinkhole, is thought to have formed from a collapse in the salt dome and is now a lake. The cause of the 2008 sinkhole is not yet known, but a collapse in the salt dome that Daisetta sits on is thought to be the cause and suspected to be caused by a company drilling oil out of the area. [5]
The Bayou Corne sinkhole (French: Doline de Bayou Corne) was created from a collapsed underground salt dome cavern operated by Texas Brine Company and owned by Occidental Petroleum. The sinkhole , located near the community of Bayou Corne in northern Assumption Parish , Louisiana , was discovered on August 3, 2012, and 350 nearby residents were ...
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Devil's Sinkhole State Natural Area is a natural bat habitat near the city of Rocksprings in Edwards County in the U.S. state of Texas. Carved by water erosion, the cavern is home to several million Mexican free-tailed bats that emerge at sunset during April through October.