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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 ...
Images on the Damage Assessment Toolkit are taken after storms by the 122 National Weather Service forecast offices as well as the National Severe Storms Laboratory during NWS Post-Event Damage Assessments and are works prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms ...
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]
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.
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.
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