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A sinkhole opened up on a road in Dale City, Virginia, on July 4, swallowing one parked car.According to a local news report, the sinkhole was believed to be related to thunderstorms that began ...
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.
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]
Drivers, processes, and impacts of sinking cities [1]. Sinking cities are urban environments that are in danger of disappearing due to their rapidly changing landscapes.The largest contributors to these cities becoming unlivable are the combined effects of climate change (manifested through sea level rise, intensifying storms, and storm surge), land subsidence, and accelerated urbanization. [2]
As a Montford Avenue sinkhole continues growing, neighbors wonder when it's going to be fixed.
2011 – A wildfire destroyed over 400 buildings and cost an estimated $750 million in damage in Slave Lake, Alberta. 2012 – Hurricane Sandy caused a six-alarm fire that destroyed 121 homes in Breezy Point, Queens, New York. 2013 – Yarnell Hill Fire burned over 13 square miles, destroyed over 100 homes, [57] and killed 19 firefighters. [58]
Activists say a growing chasm on the South Side is a dangerous sinkhole. Metro Parks says it was actually caused by flooding and won't impact plans for a park.
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.