On September 26, a sinkhole with a diameter of about 10 feet opened at the corner of the upper tennis courts at Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School located at South Broad Street, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Because of the sinkhole, the upper and lower tennis courts were closed immediately to recreational programs and gym classes. According to […]
A sinkhole opened in Jackson Center on September 17, forcing PennDOT to close the road from the intersection at Main Street and Franklin Road to Bradley Road. The hole was formed on Route 2007 which is also called Cranberry and Springfield Township roads. According to PennDOT spokeswoman Jill Harry, their crew started filling the hole […]
A sinkhole opened on the Stetson University campus, behind the DeLand House Museum at 137 W. Michigan Ave. in DeLand, Florida on September 17. The sinkhole is about 25 feet by 18 feet at the surface, and with a depth of approximately eight to 10 feet. According to the university officials, it opened on a […]
A hole opened on September 4th between homes in the gated River Ridge Subdivision, New Port Richey, Florida. Initially, county officials said the hole measured 40 feet wide and 20 feet deep, but later said it could reach 100 feet if the hole connects to another depression in the area. Also, since it formed in […]
On August 26, 2018 two sinkholes formed in the front yard of a home at 733 Winifred Way in the Village of Winifred, The Villages. This occurred after Sumter County performed large-scale cleaning of storm drains in the neighborhood. One of the sinkholes opened on the north side and underneath the driveway of the home […]
A sinkhole formed last August 23 on US 17-92 near Hollow Pine Drive in Debary, Volusia County in Florida. According to FDOT Spokesman Steve Olson, the hole grew wider, reaching 20 feet in diameter last Saturday when a water pipe broke. The dirt drop then reached about 25 feet. By Monday, the major road is […]
A large sinkhole formed in the drive-thru area at the Burger King along Route 11 in Berwick, Columbia County, Pennsylvania was reported on August 23rd, 2018. One of the employees first noticed the hole while sweeping the floor before work. According to the officials, the hole has a depth of more than 10 feet. They […]
A large sinkhole formed last Friday, August 10, in the parking lot of Tanger Outlets located in East Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The hole, which is 20 feet deep, left six cars stranded. No one was injured. One of the car owners pulled into her parking spot at about 5PM when she felt the […]
A large sinkhole opened on Spring Street in Locust Gap, a township of Mount Carmel in Northumberland County, Central Pennsylvania, on July 26. Fenced off by security tape to warn people to stay away from the area, the sinkhole formed after record-breaking rains poured down Central Pennsylvania over the last five days. This caused flooding […]