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Massive Louisiana Sinkhole In More Trouble

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By: Wunderground.com, 12/30/2013

BAYOU CORNE, La. — A massive sinkhole in Bayou Corne, La. is in more trouble, after the level surrounding it cracked during a wave of underground micro-tremors. It's the second times in less than two months that the levee has cracked, Assumption Parish officials say. It's in the same place the earth-and-limestone levee sank a bit and cracks developed in late October, The Advocate reported. Those were repaired. The levee was built to keep the salty and sometimes oily water out of surrounding freshwater swamps after a salt dome cavern operated by Texas Brine Co. collapsed deep underground and the sinkhole developed in August 2012.

 

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Sinkhole Opens Near Dunedin, Florida Home

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HuffingtonPost-Nov 14, 2013

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A sinkhole opened the backyard of a home in Dunedin, Fla., on Thursday.

WTSP reports the family that lives in the home was safely evacuated. About a half dozen other nearby residences were also evacuated.

Images captured by the station show a large depression in a yard that has partially swallowed a boat.

According to the Associated Press, a patio has also partially collapsed into the hole, and a nearby pool appears to be structurally compromised.

The sinkhole was said to be 12 feet wide when authorities arrived at the scene, but WTSP reported it was 35 feet in diameter and 30 feet deep.

A timeline of the most important events at the Bayou Corne sinkhole - Louisiana sinkhole

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Thewatchers - 9/6/13, Adonai

 

The Bayou Corne sinkhole, also known as Louisiana sinkhole, was discovered in August 2012 when a Napoleonville salt dome, a naturally-occurring underground salt deposit, suddenly collapsed after months of unexplained seismic activity and mysterious bubbling at the bayou. The sinkhole grew from 1 to 25 acres in just 12 months and the scariest part of it is that the collapse unlocked tens of millions of cubic feet of explosive gases, which have seeped into the aquifer and wafted up to the community (40 million cubic feet = 1.13 million cubic meters). 

Texas Brine, the operator of the salt dome, specializes in a process known as injection mining and had been drilling around the dome in order to extract brine, which is used for refining oil. When they mined the salt dome too close to the edge of the dome, say officials, the side wall collapsed and 350 nearby residents were immediately advised to evacuate. 

Lousiana Sinkhole Update

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Wafb.com, 6/21/13, Amber Stegal

June 21, 2013 (Source: Assumption Parish OEP)

 

More seismic activity and a burp was reported by the Assumption Parish Police Jury Thursday night.

The Police Jury blog reported just after 11 p.m. that there was a burp in the giant sinkhole in Bayou Corne. They also reported seismic activity in and around the sinkhole has been active for the past few days.

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China Sinkhole Kills Five In Shenzhen

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Huffington Post/5/21/13, Agence Presse

 

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Five people died when a 10 metre (33 feet) wide sinkhole opened up at the gates of an industrial estate in Shenzhen, the southern Chinese boom town neighbouring Hong Kong, local authorities said Tuesday.

The Shenzhen Longgang district government said on its verified page on Sina Weibo, China's version of Twitter, that five people had died and added that it was investigating the incident.

 

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1 Person Hospitalized After Chicago Sinkhole Swallows 3 Cars [VIDEO]

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Natureworldnews, By: James A. Foley, 04/18/2013

 

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Drivers in Chicago had a rough start Thursday morning after a sinkhole opened up in a residential neighborhood, injuring one and claiming three cars. The Chicago Tribune reports one person was taken from the sinkhole and rushed to Northwestern Memorial Hospital. The person is reported as in serious-to-critical condition.

 

The sinkhole opened up at 5:20 a.m. after a night of strong storms, the Chicago Sun Times reported. According to the Tribune, the fire department responded within 10 minutes of the sinkhole being reported and arrived to find two vehicles in the sinkhole. A third slid in after crews arrived.

 

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PERRIS: Man nearly swallowed by sinkhole

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PE.com - 3/22/13, Peter Surowski

 

 

 

Jose Morales was working in the yard of his home near Perris when something he never expected happened. The earth collapsed underneath him.“I thought, oh man, this is it,” Morales said of the incident, which happened on Wednesday, March 20.He quickly spread his arms and legs and clung to his weed whacker, which caught at an angle stopping it from slipping into the 6-foot-deep hole that appeared under him.

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