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The Lake Peigneur Giant Sinkhole Disaster 1980
When The Earth Swallowed a Lake. November 20, 1980, is a new day at Lake Peigneur in Louisiana. Some 9 miles north of the ...
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A sinkhole may have swallowed a Pennsylvania woman. What are sinkholes and how do they form?
The sinkhole in the Unity Township community of Marguerite, where search and rescue crews still hope they could find Pollard alive, appeared above the site of the Marguerite Mine, which was last ...
A Sinkhole Is Threatening to Consume Ecuador’s Main Source of Power
If a hydroplant responsible for 30% of the nation’s electricity went offline, it would compound an energy crisis already roiling the nation ...
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What causes a sinkhole to form?
Instead, sinkholes are generally smaller depressions that may become a pricey nuisance rather than a life-threatening disaster. When groundwater seeps into cracks and then pools beneath the ...
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Sinkholes—Buried Alive
Sinkholes can occur gradually when the surface ... and following scientists as they explore the underlying forces behind these natural disasters, NOVA travels the globe to investigate what it's ...
Huge sinkhole in North Philly sparks concern among residents
A SEPTA bus drove over a buckling sinkhole moments before it completely collapsed in the middle of a street in North Philly.
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Sinkhole on New Jersey interstate was caused by collapse of abandoned mineshaft
The 40-foot by 40-foot sinkhole closed I-80 eastbound. A sinkhole on a northern New Jersey interstate that's closed eastbound traffic for over 24 hours was caused by a collapse of abandoned ...
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Abandoned mine collapse caused I-80 sinkhole, New Jersey DOT says
WHARTON, New Jersey (WCBS/WLNY) — A sinkhole that cratered a section of I-80 in New Jersey was caused by an abandoned mineshaft collapsing underneath the highway, state transportation officials say.