sinkhole News

Possible Sinkhole Drives Families From Florida Duplex

A sinkhole has forced two families from their Florida duplex in the same area where another sinkhole opened under a man’s bedroom, killing him less than a month ago. Hillsborough County Fire Rescue crews responded to 911 call Tuesday evening. …

Insurance Expected to Cover School Relocation Due to Sinkhole

Unicoi County Schools Director Denise Brown says she’s confident the cost of relocating a Tennessee elementary school threatened by a sinkhole is covered by insurance. Brown told the Johnson City Press the contract through Risk Management Trust specifies the carrier …

Another Sinkhole Opens in Florida City

Authorities say a sinkhole has opened between two homes in Seffner, Fla., and the houses have been evacuated as a precaution. Hillsborough County Fire Rescue spokeswoman Jessica Damico said the hole was estimated at 8 feet across and 10 feet …

Suspected Sinkhole Forces Out Florida Church

A suspected sinkhole is forcing a Naples, Fla., congregation from its church. Pastor Rick Shuck told WBBH in Fort Myers on Monday the sinkhole has caused uneven floors, cracks in the walls and a hole in the ground so large …

Missouri Golfer Survives Fall Into Illinois Course Sinkhole

Suddenly being swallowed up by the earth on a golf course’s fairway drove a wedge between Mark Mihal and a stellar round. The 43-year-old mortgage broker was counting his blessings Tuesday and nursing a dislocated shoulder sustained four days earlier …

Georgia City Makes Plan to Replace Sinking Firehouse

The city commission in Albany this week gave preliminary approval for plans to replace a fire station that’s slowly sinking into the ground. Fire Station No. 3 was built in the mid-1980s on donated land. WALB-TV reports that workers discovered …

Garbage Truck Needs Tow Out of Oregon Coast Sinkhole

Officials in the Oregon coastal town of North Bend say a 16-foot-deep sinkhole that opened up in a restaurant parking lot partially swallowed a garbage truck. City Administrator Terence O’Connor tells The World newspaper that the truck needed to be …

New Bubble Site Found at Louisiana Sinkhole

Officials say 11 new bubble sites have been found in inundated swampland west of an 8.5-acre sinkhole in northern Assumption Parish. The sites are roughly in a row west of an unnamed oilfield access road extending south from La. 70 …

Texas Brine, State Agree on Plan to Assess Sinkhole

The Louisiana Office of Conservation has modified orders requiring Texas Brine Co. LLC to assess the status of sediments under an 8.5-acre sinkhole in northern Assumption Parish, prompting the company to withdraw a lawsuit filed last month against the state. …

Louisiana Sinkhole Prompts Study for Alternative Road

State highway officials say they’ll start a six-month study early next year into the feasibility of an alternative route around an eight-acre sinkhole in northern Assumption Parish, La. The Advocate says the study is the initial step the Louisiana Department …