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The Great Blue Hole, a giant submarine sinkhole, near Ambergris Caye, Belize. The following is a list of sinkholes, blue holes, dolines, crown holes, cenotes, and pit caves. A sinkhole is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer.
The Xiaozhai Tiankeng has been well known to local people since ancient times. Xiaozhai is the name of an abandoned village nearby and literally means "little village", and "Tiankeng" means Heavenly Pit, a unique regional name for sinkholes in China. A 2,800-step staircase has been constructed in order to facilitate tourism. [2]
'Major catastrophe': Watch as road collapses into giant sinkhole amid Northeast flooding. Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY. Updated August 20, 2024 at 12:23 PM.
Sinkholes can range in size from a few feet wide to hundreds of acres, and anywhere from 1 to 100 feet or more deep. Sinkholes can swallow up cars, parts of roads and even houses.
A temporary metal fence now blocks the street while engineers assess the scale of the damage and work out how to fill the hole. It is estimated to be about 30-40ft (9-12m) deep and 16ft (5m) wide.
Sinkholes are not always associated with mining. In 2013, a man was killed when a sinkhole opened up beneath his home in central Florida, where the porous limestone base gives rise to thousands of sinkholes every year. The most damage from sinkholes tends to occur in Florida, Texas, Alabama, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee and Pennsylvania.
Other recent sinkhole incidents. In June, a giant sinkhole in southern Illinois swallowed the center of a soccer field built on top of a limestone mine, taking down a large light pole and leaving a gaping chasm where squads of kids often play. No one was hurt.
The family of Elizabeth Pollard, the 64-year-old Pennsylvania grandmother who was found dead after falling into a 30-foot sinkhole over a week ago, said their loved one found happiness in taking ...