Thursday, June 1, 2017

2017 - MAY - Land Subsidence




2017-05-01 - Sinkhole takes out road for a week near Rib Mountain (Wisconsin):
http://wsau.com/news/articles/2017/may/01/road-still-closed-due-to-sinkhole/
http://www.waow.com/story/35288711/2017/04/30/road-remains-closed-due-to-sinkhole-in-marathon-county
http://wdez.com/news/articles/2017/may/01/road-still-closed-due-to-sinkhole/

2017-05-02 - Landslide causes power outages in the Fiji Islands:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=PW-20170503-58069-FJI

2017-05-02 - Sinkhole opens, Jeep crashes into it, in Lakeview area in Chicago (Illinois):
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/1-Hospitalized-After-Car-Falls-Into-Sinkhole-on-Chicagos-North-Side-420885474.html
http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170501/lakeview/sinkhole-broadway-construction-dust-injured-jeep
http://patch.com/illinois/lakeview/sinkhole-swallows-jeep-chicagos-lake-view-east

2017-05-02 - Sinkhole opens near home in Carterville (Illinois):
http://www.kfvs12.com/story/35294787/sinkhole-forms-at-carterville-il-home
http://www.telemundoamarillo.com/story/35294787/sinkhole-forms-at-carterville-il-home

2017-05-02 - Sinkhole opens on street in Tuscaloosa (Alabama):
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/news/20170501/sinkhole-repair-closes-intersection

2017-05-03 - Sinkhole opens in parking lot at printing business in Boone (North Carolina):
http://www.wataugademocrat.com/news/sinkhole-appears-in-precision-printing-parking-lot/article_94cae4fd-e8f1-5c0e-beb1-e23efc828990.html
http://www.topix.com/city/boone-nc/2017/05/sinkhole-appears-in-precision-printing-parking-lot

2017-05-04 - Sinkhole opens on Highway 49 near Grass Valley (California):
http://www.theunion.com/news/local-news/sinkhole-on-highway-49-in-south-grass-valley-causes-lane-closure/
http://www.kcra.com/article/sinkhole-forces-lane-closure-on-hwy-49-in-grass-valley/9607520
http://yubanet.com/regional/sinkhole-on-highway-49-near-grass-valley-causes-lane-closure/
https://knco.com/new-sinkhole-closes-lane-of-highway-49/

2017-05-04 - Growing sinkhole threatens home in Harrison (Arkansas):
http://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2017/05/04/pokin-around-sinkhole-could-swallow-familys-house/101280492/
http://harrisondaily.com/news/tons-and-counting-sinkhole-repair-continues-thursday/article_587c753c-310a-11e7-86d0-6f84f1ae0d2c.html
http://www.sott.net/article/350076-Arkansas-city-rocks-massive-sinkhole

2017-05-05 - Massive sinkhole opens on street and partially swallows big rig in coastal San Francisco (California):
http://www.fireengineering.com/ap-news/2017/05/05/driver-escapes-truck-tilting-into-san-francisco-sinkhole.html
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Sinkhole-in-SF-s-SoMa-causes-traffic-delays-11123875.php
http://kron4.com/2017/05/05/car-plows-into-sinkhole-in-san-francisco/
http://www.sott.net/article/350155-Sinkhole-partially-swallows-truck-in-San-Francisco

Quote: "Crews found a 3-foot-deep void where a San Francisco street caved under a heavy big-rig truck on Friday, but they are stumped as to what caused the hole. Water is usually to blame, but crews could not find any water leaks, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission spokeswoman Betsy Rhodes said."

2017-05-05 - Large sinkhole opens in Pueblo (Colorado):
http://www.chieftain.com/news/pueblo/foot-sinkhole-under-repair-on-pueblo-s-south-side/article_ea4c84bb-171d-57e3-bf38-05ef21054b3a.html

2017-05-05 - Landslide blocks Lakeshore Road in Kelowna (Canada):
http://globalnews.ca/news/3430990/kelowna-landslide-blocks-lakeshore-road-fire-truck-stranded/

2017-05-06 - Massive sinkhole opens and swallows two trucks in Naberezhnye Chelny (Russia):
http://metro.co.uk/2017/05/05/huge-sinkhole-swallows-up-two-brand-new-lorries-6617600/
http://sites.co/~zmboduse/news/huge-sinkhole-swallows-up-two-brand-new-lorries

2017-05-06 - Sinkhole opens in parking lot at Starbucks in Montgomery County (Maryland):
http://wjla.com/news/local/car-reportedly-stuck-in-sinkhole-part-of-road-collapsed-in-montgomery-co-parking-lot

2017-05-06 - Huge sinkhole opens on street in coastal Chennai (India):
http://www.oneindia.com/india/more-sinkholes-in-chennai-huge-crater-appears-in-kilpauk-2427607.html

2017-05-07 - Sinkhole opens on road in Arapahoe County (Colorado):
http://www.9news.com/news/local/theres-a-sinkhole-in-arapahoe-county/437510147

2017-05-08 - Ground subsiding, home about to fall into Lake Ontario, in Hamlin (New York):
http://cnycentral.com/news/local/hamlin-familys-home-on-verge-of-falling-into-lake

Quote: "A Hamlin family was forced to cut the deck off their house Monday to spare their home, which now teeters on the edge of Lake Ontario. Rick and Mary Davis said it is only a matter of days until the home they worked their entire lives for, and purchased last year, is washed away."

2017-05-08 - Sinkhole opens on Rivers Avenue in coastal Charleston (South Carolina):
http://abcnews4.com/news/local/crews-working-scene-of-sinkhole-on-rivers-avenue

2017-05-08 - Deep sinkhole opens in Karnataka (India):
http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2017/may/08/land-caves-in-80-feet-deep-at-residential-layout-in-karnataka-1602478.html
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/200-ft-deep-sinkhole-appears-overnight-in-kgf/article18410730.ece
http://www.sott.net/article/350548-200-feet-deep-sinkhole-appears-overnight-in-Karnataka-India

2017-05-08 - Sinkhole opens on street in Cromford (Britain):
http://www.ripleyandheanornews.co.uk/news/derbyshire-road-cordoned-off-after-sinkhole-appears-1-8530976
http://www.briefreport.co.uk/news/derbyshire-road-cordoned-off-after-sinkhole-appears-4978866.html

2017-05-09 - Huge sinkholes are now appearing in the wrong places:
http://phys.org/news/2017-05-huge-sinkholes-wrong.html
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/huge-sinkholes-now-appearing-wrong-places-47278993
http://www.dailytribune.com/general-news/20170508/huge-sinkholes-are-now-appearing-in-the-wrong-places
http://www.fireengineering.com/ap-news/2017/05/08/huge-sinkholes-are-now-appearing-in-the-wrong-places.html
http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2017/05/08/sinkholes-becoming-more-common-nationwide/f9c0lhNg7p7PwWSdbxLLLI/story.html
http://www.sott.net/article/350585-Experts-Massive-sinkholes-are-now-appearing-in-the-wrong-places

Quote: "But a recent spate of huge, sudden-appearing caverns is prompting alarm because they're happening in places where they shouldn't, and now seem to be proliferating nationwide."

2017-05-09 - Sinkhole opens on street in Evansville (Indiana):
http://www.tristatehomepage.com/news/push-alerts/sinkhole-opens-up-on-covert-avenue/709637099

2017-05-11 - Sinkhole opens near the Fisherman’s Park bridge near Lake Michigan in Port Washington (Wisconsin):
http://www.ozaukeepress.com/editorials/daily-news/8883-sinkhole-has-city-worried-about-creek-seawall

2017-05-11 - Sinkhole opens on street near Hanford (California):
http://abc30.com/traffic/road-closed-for-a-week-after-a-sinkhole-opens-up-in-kings-county/1978185/
http://hanfordsentinel.com/news/local/sinkhole-opens-on-th-avenue/article_ae3efe20-5280-53dc-8a1c-6ee48d101d4e.html
http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article149864714.html

2017-05-12 - Sinkholes concerning residents at apartments in Glace Bay (Canada):
http://www.capebretonpost.com/news/local/2017/5/11/sinkholes-concern-residents-of-glace-bay-apartment-complex.html

2017-05-13 - Sinkhole opens on Lower Brook Street in coastal Ipswich (Britain):
http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/sinkhole-opens-in-lower-brook-street-road-shut-and-drivers-urged-to-avoid-area-1-5015580

2017-05-14 - Landslide forces evacuation of 17 people from homes in Kelowna (Canada):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=LS-20170515-58221-CAN

2017-05-14 - Sinkhole swallows dog in coastal Edgewater (Maryland), dog rescued:
http://www.wbaltv.com/article/firefighters-rescue-dog-stuck-in-sinkhole/9651367
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2017/05/14/rescued-dog-anne-arundel-county/
http://wjla.com/news/local/anne-arundel-co-fire-dept-rescue-85-pound-dog-from-sinkhole

2017-05-15 - Landslide hits neighborhood in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=LS-20170516-58235-USA

2017-05-16 - Sinkholes causing problems at the Coliseum Center in Charlotte (North Carolina):
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/sinkhole-problem-at-old-coliseum-center-hsa-worsened/522849140

2017-05-17 - Sinkhole opens near Brookville Middle School in Lynchburg (Virginia):
http://wset.com/news/local/sinkhole-causes-brookville-middle-to-cancel-classes
http://www.wdbj7.com/content/news/Brookville-Middle-School-closed-Wednesday-due-to-sinkhole-422660444.html
http://www.wsls.com/news/virginia/lynchburg/campbell-county-middle-school-closed-wednesday-due-to-sinkhole
http://www.newsadvance.com/news/local/brookville-middle-school-to-be-closed-wednesday-due-to-sinkhole/article_2bcb12b0-3a9b-11e7-a735-ebad3e801528.html

2017-05-17 - Sinkhole opens near building at Fort Wainwright (Alaska):
http://www.newsminer.com/news/local_news/small-sinkhole-found-at-fort-wainwright/article_8e9e13d4-3adb-11e7-9532-17cec1552528.html

2017-05-17 - Sinkhole opens on street in Medicine Hat (Canada):
http://medicinehatnews.com/news/local-news/2017/05/16/sinkhole-opens-up-downtown-crews-on-site-repairing/
http://www.cjcyfm.com/news-and-info/medicine-hat-news/sinkhole-emerges-in-downtown-medicine-hat/
http://chatnewstoday.ca/article/512119/city-crews-repairing-sinkhole-near-downtown-intersection

2017-05-17 - Sinkhole opens on street in Ferndown (Britain), 7 miles from the coast:
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/15290365.___Extremely_deep____sinkhole_opens_up_in_street_____for_the_second_time_in_18_months/

2017-05-18 - Sinkhole opens on street in Horley (Britain):
http://www.surreymirror.co.uk/people-urged-to-avoid-a-road-in-horley-after-foot-deep-sink-hole-appears/story-30339278-detail/story.html

2017-05-18 - Large sinkhole opens on street in Centurion (South Africa):
http://rekordcenturion.co.za/118070/newsflash-sinkhole-leads-road-closures-centurion/

2017-05-19 - Two sinkholes open on road in Laurel (Montana):
http://www.kulr8.com/story/35466877/sinkholes-form-in-shepherd-road
http://985thewolf.com/sinkholes-form-in-laurel/
http://hot1019.com/sinkholes-form-in-shepherd-road/

2017-05-20 - Sinkhole opens in the Montrose area in Houston (Texas):
http://www.click2houston.com/news/hpd-monitoring-traffic-after-sinkhole-found-in-montrose-area-official-say

2017-05-20 - Big chunk of road collapses in Logan County (Oklahoma):
http://www.koco.com/article/storms-cause-sinkhole-on-logan-county-road/9883451

2017-05-21 - Landslide hits Steele Creek (North Carolina):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=LS-20170523-58327-USA

2017-05-21 - Sinkhole opens on street in Warner Robins (Georgia):
http://wgxa.tv/news/local/sinkhole-in-warner-robins-slows-traffic

2017-05-22 - Massive landslide buries part of Highway 1 in coastal Big Sur (California):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=LS-20170524-58344-USA
http://abc7.com/weather/video-huge-landslide-buries-stretch-of-hwy-1-in-big-sur/2028018/
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/stretch-of-iconic-california-highway-buried-massive-landslide/
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-big-sur-pch-mudslide-20170523-htmlstory.html
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/05/23/cut-off-again-big-sur-visited-only-by-helicopter/
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/whats-now/sd-me-big-sur-slide-20170523-htmlstory.html
http://ktla.com/2017/05/23/section-of-pch-in-big-sur-buried-under-massive-landslide-new-video-shows/
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2017/05/23/new-big-sur-landslide/

Quote: "A swath of the hillside gave way in an area called Mud Creek on Saturday night, changing the Big Sur coastline below to include what now looks like a rounded skirt hem, Susana Cruz, a spokeswoman with the California Department of Transportation, said Tuesday. More than 1 million tons of rock and dirt tumbled down the slope, which remained unstable. The slide is covering up about one-quarter of a mile of Highway 1."

2017-05-22 - Sinkhole opens at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in coastal Palm Beach (Florida):
http://time.com/4788455/trump-mar-a-lago-sinkhole/
http://www.buzzfeed.com/terripous/so-a-sinkhole-opened-up
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/05/22/sinkhole-forms-in-front-of-mar-a-lago-metaphors-pour-in/
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/local/update-crews-working-sinkhole-outside-mar-lago-palm-beach/lg5UjMrjVRyhYIZLWjxPJJ/

2017-05-22 - Sinkhole opens on highway in coastal Tampa (Florida):
http://wfla.com/2017/05/21/fhp-at-the-scene-of-possible-sinkhole-parts-of-veterans-expressway-shut-down/

2017-05-23 - Sinkhole closes road in Bakersfield (California):
http://www.turnto23.com/news/local-news/sinkhole-reported-on-highway-223-near-edison-road-causes-closure
http://www.sott.net/article/351957-Sinkhole-causes-road-closure-in-Bakersfield-California

2017-05-23 - Sinkhole devours chunk of road in Chester County (South Carolina):
http://www.fox46charlotte.com/news/local-news/256482130-story

2017-05-23 - Sinkhole opens on street in Beaverton (Oregon):
http://www.kptv.com/story/35492375/sinkhole-opens-up-in-middle-of-beaverton-neighborhood

2017-05-24 - Cesspool collapses, swallows man and kills him at home in coastal Huntington (New York):
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/1-Person-Trapped-in-Long-Island-Cesspool-424102624.html
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/man-trapped-in-huntington-cesspool-collapse-1.13661200
http://pix11.com/2017/05/24/cesspool-on-long-island-swallows-worker-alive/
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/officials-man-s-body-recovered-at-site-of-cesspool-collapse-in-huntington-1.13661109

2017-05-24 - Sinkhole opens in Martinsville (Virginia):
http://www.wsls.com/news/virginia/southside/crews-monitoring-sinkhole-in-martinsville
http://www.wsls.com/video/crews-monitoring-sinkhole-in-martinsville-1495672835168

2017-05-24 - Sinkhole opens on street in Halifax (Canada):
http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/1471713-hrm-repairing-sinkhole-on-spring-garden

2017-05-24 - Massive mudslide destroys farms and crops in Embu (Kenya):
http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/05/24/video-shocking-footage-of-embu-mudslide-emerges-crops-worth-sh3m_c1567371
http://www.sott.net/article/351892-Massive-mudslide-destroys-farms-and-crops-in-Embu-Kenya

2017-05-25 - Sinkhole opens on street, partially swallows garbage truck, in Augusta (Georgia):
http://www.macon.com/news/local/article152570584.html
http://wjbf.com/2017/05/25/dumpster-truck-in-a-sinkhole-on-central-ave-in-augusta/

2017-05-25 - Sinkhole opens, traps pickup truck, in Toronto (Canada):
http://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/truck-gets-stuck-in-sinkhole-on-powers-street-1.3428413
http://globalnews.ca/news/3477064/front-end-dropped-in-and-that-was-it-truck-caught-in-sinkhole-towed-out-by-residents/
http://www.winnipegsun.com/2017/05/24/sinkhole-eats-up-pick-up

2017-05-25 - Sinkhole opens on street in Brasted (Britain):
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/sevenoaks/news/sink-hole-closes-road-126234/

2017-05-26 - Sinkhole opens on Glenwood Drive in Jefferson City (Missouri):
http://krcgtv.com/news/local/sinkhole-raises-concerns-about-jefferson-citys-aging-infrastructure

2017-05-27 - Huge sinkhole opens in Changchun (China):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/peoplesdaily/article-4544958/Giant-mega-sinkhole-appears-causing-traffic-chaos.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt8hcyGS8e8

2017-05-28 - Sinkhole opens at school in Morganton (North Carolina):
http://www.morganton.com/news/sinkhole-opens-at-drexel-elementary-parking-lot/article_55a69dc4-43e3-11e7-a525-1bed39f4cc8f.html

2017-05-29 - Sinkhole opens at fire station in Palmyra (Pennsylvania):
http://www.pennlive.com/news/2017/05/palmyra_sinkhole.html

2017-05-29 - Landslide suspends trains between Seattle (Washington) and Portland (Oregon):
http://www.king5.com/news/local/landslide-suspends-seattle-portland-trains/443996173

2017-05-30 - Sinkhole opens on Highway 138 near Silverwood Lake (California):
http://www.pe.com/2017/05/29/mountain-lanes-open-again-after-sinkhole-near-silverwood-lake/

2017-05-30 - Sinkhole opens on highway near coastal Illovo Beach (South Africa):
http://southcoastsun.co.za/97032/suspected-sinkhole-forces-closure-amanzimtoti-road/

2017-05-30 - Sinkhole opens on street in coastal Porirua (New Zealand):
http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/93139226/porirua-city-council-warning-drivers-to-steer-clear-of-sinkhole-at-car-park

2017-05-31 - Sinkhole causes water main to break at new fire station in Palmyra (Pennsylvania):
http://www.pennlive.com/news/2017/05/sinkhole_at_new_palmyra_fire_s.html

Quote: "Contractors, excavators engineers, a geologist and Palmyra borough officials investigated the scene, but were unable to determine what caused the sinkhole."

Quote: "The borough has in recent years dealt with a series of sinkholes, some of which have rendered homes uninhabitable..."

2017-05-31 - Sinkhole closes Highway 97 in Vernon (Canada):
http://www.castanet.net/news/Vernon/198302/Sinkhole-closes-Hwy-97
http://globalnews.ca/news/3491142/sinkhole-closes-highway-97-at-vernon/
http://www.vernonmorningstar.com/news/sinkhole-closes-highway-97-in-vernon/

2017-05-31 - Sinkhole opens, swallows car, on Olde Highway 80 near El Cajon (California):
http://patch.com/california/santee/lakeside-sinkhole-shuts-down-pecan-park-lane-olde-highway-80
http://www.10news.com/news/water-main-break-sinkhole-reported-on-olde-highway-80-in-lakeside
http://kogo.iheart.com/articles/kogo-local-news-125548/car-falls-into-lakeside-sinkhole-15870304/

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