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sinkhole

a depression in the ground in which water collects and disappears below the surface, e.g. in limestone areas where a cave roof has collapsed.
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In the past, sinkholes were not eligible projects for federal pre-disaster mitigation grant funding through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
United States : Wolf Administration Announces Harrisburg Sinkhole Buyouts Project Moving Forward
Orlando Sentinel quoted Orange County sinkhole consultant and engineer Devo Seereeram saying the area where the Millers lived was prone to sinkholes because the limestone in the bedrock was especially porous and cavernous.
Video Shows Sinkhole Swallowing Part Of Florida Home
TX is dominated by surficial karren, sinkholes and associated caves.
Utilizing ground penetrating radar to characterize gypsum karst features in Eddy County, New Mexico and Culberson County, Texas
In politics or wherever, just one inappropriate remark is all it takes to land you in a disapprobation sinkhole.
Climbing out of a sinkhole
All in all, it's best for homeowners to examine their insurance policy to see if they're covered for sinkholes automatically or if they need add the extra coverage -- because freak accidents do happen.
Does your homeowners' policy cover these three things?
Months later, sinkholes forced the evacuation of two homes on nearby Van Dunk Lane.
EPA says Ringwood clean up won't worsen sinkholes
RUMOURS of a sinkhole in Blaydon were sparked by emergency electrical repairs after workmen dug a hole overnight.
The strange case of the sinkhole that wasn't..
This isn't the first time that sinkholes have made the headlines in Florida.
Sinkhole in America gobbles up toxic water lake
A recent study by two Southern Methodist University geophysicists has thrust the sinkholes back into conversations here and across the wider realm of social media.
Sinkhole Warnings Don't Faze West Texas
Roads built on a bedrock of limestone or gypsum are susceptible to sinkholes because both materials are water soluble - meaning they can be dissolved.
Road fears as sinkhole opens in city centre; SEVERAL 10FT TRAFFIC FORCED TO AVOID HAZARD AT BUSY JUNCTION
THERE were reports of a large sinkhole opening up in the middle of a Conwy road after a water pipe burst yesterday.
'Sinkhole' opens in main road
Sinkholes in this chalk formation are not uncommon.
Families evacuated as sinkhole swallows street
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