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Why Have There Been So Many Sinkholes Lately?
By David Knowles - AOL News(July 23) -- In Milwaukee on Thursday, the earth opened its mouth and swallowed a Cadillac Escalade. This latest sinkhole incident comes following a series of well-publicized cases of the ground suddenly giving way: On May 12, an alleged sinkhole killed a family of four after giving way beneath their Quebec, Canada, home. On June 1, a massive sinkhole in Guatemala City swallowed an entire apartment building. On July 11, a sinkhole in Tampa, Fla., opened up in a parking lot of a condominium complex, swallowing a Toyota Camry. Surge Desk put in a call to Subsurface Evaluations, a ...
Giant Guatemala Sinkhole Growing, Could Swallow More, Says Geologist
By Carl Franzen - Politics DailyCould the giant, 60-feet wide, 30-story-deep sinkhole that has already swallowed a building and claimed the life of at least one man in Guatemala City be increasing in size and appetite? That's the theory posited by at least one expert, Dr. James Currens, a hydrogeologist from the University of Kentucky who was interviewed on Tuesday by National Geographic. According to Currens, "depending on the makeup of the subsurface layer, the Guatemala sinkhole 'could eventually enlarge and take in more buildings.'" The phenomenon of rapidly growing sinkholes is well documented, but the Guatemala case ...
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