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There's no national database that tracks sinkholes, but the U.S. Geological Survey conservatively estimates that they have cost on average $300 million per year in damage over the last 15 years.
A sinkhole that formed on the eastbound side of I-80 near Wharton, New Jersey caused traffic snarls on the busy highway, about 40 miles west of New York City. Westbound lanes were unaffected.
Donation and volunteer coordination center opened in Damascus, Va. “A national guard helicopter that was there was able to get 130 to 150 people recovered from either being in the water, on top ...
Some are caused by karst processes—for example, the chemical dissolution of carbonate rocks [1] or suffosion processes. [2] Sinkholes can vary in size from 1 to 600 m (3 to 2,000 ft) both in diameter and depth, and vary in form from soil-lined bowls to bedrock-edged chasms. Sinkholes may form gradually or suddenly, and are found worldwide. [3]
While she crossed her yard, the ground beneath her suddenly opened up, according to one outlet. Sinkhole swallows woman in front yard — then her rescuers fall in too, NY cops say Skip to main ...
The Red Lake sinkhole in Croatia. A sinkhole is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer. The term is sometimes used to refer to doline, enclosed depressions that are also known as shakeholes, and to openings where surface water enters into underground passages known as ponor, swallow hole or swallet.
Church Hill Tunnel was completed in 1873 for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O), [2] [3] which was seeking to extend its trackage (of the former Virginia Central Railroad) from a terminus in the Shockoe Valley section of downtown Richmond to connect with their new Peninsula Subdivision extending approximately 75 miles (120 km) southeast down the Virginia Peninsula to reach Collis Potter ...
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