Monday, August 1, 2016

2016 - JUL - Land Subsidence




2016-07-01 - Sinkhole opens on street and swallows forklift in Ganzhou (China):
http://www.newsflare.com/video/77657/crime-accidents/forklift-falls-into-sinkhole-in-china
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2016/07/01/Forklift-falls-through-sinkhole-in-China/3491467398953/
http://www.sott.net/article/321486-Forklift-falls-into-sinkhole-on-sidewalk-in-Ganzhou-China

2016-07-01 - Sinkhole opens on Ash Little River Road in Brunswick County (North Carolina):
http://www.foxwilmington.com/story/32356493/sinkhole-shuts-down-portion-of-ash-little-river-rd

2016-07-01 - Second sinkhole in two weeks opens on Dartford Road in Bexley (Britain):
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/14591251.Second_sink_hole_in_two_weeks_emerges_in_Bexley/

2016-07-02 - Landslide hits Pianpo Village (China), 11 killed, 12 missing:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=LS-20160702-53934-CHN

2016-07-02 - Sinkhole opens, swallows septic tank, at apartments in Mombasa (Kenya):
http://www.kenyatalk.com/index.php?threads/sink-hole-in-mombasa.26021/

2016-07-03 - Massive landslide crashes onto glacier in Southeast Alaska:
http://www.ktva.com/massive-landslide-in-glacier-bay-national-park-discovered-by-pilot-460/
http://www.sott.net/article/321418-Massive-landslide-crashes-onto-glacier-in-Southeast-Alaska

Quote: "Landslides are not uncommon in the national park, but Swanstrom said this is one of the largest he had ever seen in his nearly three decades of flying. 'When it’s six and a half miles long, a mile or two wide and probably 100 feet thick, it’s pretty remarkable,' he said."

2016-07-03 - Landslide hits home, knocks it on top of other homes, in Nagasaki (Japan):
http://strangesounds.org/2016/07/house-collapse-down-a-hill-after-landslide-japan-video.html

2016-07-04 - Sinkhole opens at beach and swallows boy near coastal Kenmare (Ireland), boy rescued:
http://www.thejournal.ie/coastguard-2859343-Jul2016/
http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/0703/799868-kerry-sinkhole/
http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/young-lad-flown-hospital-after-8339316
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/teenage-boy-had-lucky-escape-after-falling-into-giant-sand-sinkhole-on-irish-beach-34854438.html

2016-07-05 - Sinkhole opens on street in Fargo (North Dakota):
http://kfgo.com/news/articles/2016/jul/05/fargo-sinkhole-appears-overnight/
http://www.valleynewslive.com/content/news/Sinkhole-develops-in-south-Fargo-385525571.html
http://y94.com/news/articles/2016/jul/05/fargo-sinkhole-appears-overnight/
http://hot975fm.com/see-the-huge-sinkhole-that-developed-overnight-in-fargo/
http://nvs24.com/news/local/VIDEO-Sinkhole-forces-closure-of-Fargo-intersection-6911485.html

2016-07-05 - Sinkhole expanding in Queanbeyan (Australia):
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/sinkhole-expanding-in-queanbeyan-near-old-tip-on-hoover-road-20160705-gpyof7.html

2016-07-05 - Sinkhole opens on street, traps truck, in Cheltenham (Britain):
http://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/pictures-lorry-drops-in-to-sinkhole-in-cheltenham-street/story-29478331-detail/story.html

2016-07-05 - Landslides bury two homes in Pyuthan (Nepal), 11 killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=LS-20160705-53978-NPL

2016-07-06 - Sinkhole opens near the Lotte World Tower in Seoul (South Korea):
http://koreabizwire.com/new-sinkhole-forms-near-lotte-world-tower/60363

2016-07-06 - Sinkhole opens on street in Stalybridge (Britain):
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/sinkhole-blandford-street-stalybridge-tameside-11573188

2016-07-07 - Sinkhole opens on street, swallows SUV, in Cooper City (Florida):
http://www.yahoo.com/news/sinkhole-partially-swallows-car-outside-florida-mcdonalds-130748944.html
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2016/07/07/car-drives-into-sinkhole-while-heading-to-mcdonalds/
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Car-Falls-Into-Sinkhole-at-McDonalds-in-Cooper-City-385895061.html
http://www.local10.com/news/weird-news/sinkhole-at-cooper-city-mcdonalds-nearly-swallows-grandma-grandson
http://www.ctpost.com/news/us/article/Sinkhole-partially-swallows-car-outside-Florida-8347620.php

2016-07-07 - Sinkholes open in Clarksville and Hendersonville (Tennessee):
http://www.newschannel5.com/news/local-news/sinkhole-closes-road-in-clarksville
http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2016/07/07/clarksville-police-reports-road-closure-due-sinkhole/

2016-07-07 - Sinkhole opens on street in Hamilton (Canada):
http://www.thespec.com/news-story/6756034-sinkhole-shuts-down-portion-of-east-ave-north/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/car-sized-sinkhole-shuts-down-part-of-east-avenue-1.3667720

2016-07-08 - Sinkhole opens in field in Rehobeth (Alabama):
http://www.dothaneagle.com/news/local/tractor-has-near-miss-with-sinkhole-in-rehobeth/article_2541bc4c-44b4-11e6-9a3e-278ada3d2e96.html

2016-07-09 - Lassen Peak, a volcano, is sinking and volcanologists don't know why, in California:
https://weather.com/science/environment/news/lassen-peak-insar-sinking-subsidence-usgs-volcano-california
http://www.sott.net/article/321824-Californias-Lassen-Peak-is-sinking-and-volcanologists-dont-know-why

2016-07-09 - Sinkhole opens, man falls in, in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), 1 injured:
http://www.wtae.com/news/crews-respond-to-scene-of-sinkhole-in-avalon/40434450

2016-07-10 - Sinkhole opens on street in Adelup on the island of Guam:
http://www.kuam.com/story/32412745/2016/07/11/sinkhole-diverts-adelup-traffic
http://www.guampdn.com/story/news/2016/07/11/sinkhole-closes-lanes-adelup/86935074/
http://www.guampdn.com/picture-gallery/news/2016/07/11/sinkhole-opens-up-at-adelup-intersection/86935808/
http://www.postguam.com/news/local/sinkhole-disrupts-traffic-near-adelup/article_96c52b84-4738-11e6-90b0-df03989d09ae.html

2016-07-11 - Sinkhole opens under truck on River Street in Haverhill (Massachusetts):
http://www.eagletribune.com/news/haverhill/city-tries-to-solve-mystery-of-sinkhole/article_12f7ab97-f758-5cf3-b3a8-c58693d458b5.html
http://www.eagletribune.com/news/haverhill/deputy-chief-huge-mess-averted-when-oil-spill-prevented-at/article_98b1194e-4792-11e6-b3f4-e73229bd9277.html

2016-07-12 - Sinkhole opens on street in coastal Wirral (Britain):
http://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/14610914.Sinkhole_appears_in_Wirral_street/
http://www.liverpoolstar.com/index.php/sid/245743973

2016-07-12 - Sinkhole opens on road between Eaglesfield and Deanscales (Britain):
http://www.timesandstar.co.uk/news/other/Sink-hole-closes-West-Cumbrian-road-1b3002ec-abe5-455a-b12b-0f05cc71bf0b-ds

2016-07-13 - Sinkhole devours road on the island of Tenerife (Spain), 60 cars stranded:
http://www.thinkspain.com/news-spain/27736/tenerife-highway-sink-hole-leaves-150-trapped-in-their-cars
http://www.latestnewscoverage.com/post/4241141/tenerife-highway-sinkhole-leaves-150-trapped-in-their-cars.html

Quote: "The stretch of the TF-444 highway linking Buenavista del Norte with Punta de Teno caved in late yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon, leaving an eight-metre-long, four-metre-wide sink-hole which left over 60 vehicles unable to move in any direction."

2016-07-13 - Section of bluffs collapses onto beach in coastal Del Mar (California):
http://fox5sandiego.com/2016/07/13/search-crews-at-scene-of-bluff-collapse-in-del-mar/

Quote: "A section of the bluffs in Del Mar collapsed onto the beach Wednesday, but while witnesses at first thought people may have been caught under the rubble, no one was found, a fire dispatcher said."

2016-07-13 - Sinkhole opens on Twin Rivers Road, cement truck crashes into hole, in Columbia (Maryland), 1 injured:
http://www.wbal.com/article/176372/3/man-injured-after-cement-truck-falls-into-sinkhole

2016-07-13 - Sinkhole opens on street in Saskatoon (Canada):
http://www.saskatoonhomepage.ca/local-news/75308-cave-in-at-downtown-intersection

2016-07-14 - Sinkhole(s) open on Route 30 in Lancaster County (Pennsylvania):
http://abc27.com/2016/07/13/sinkhole-being-monitored-on-route-30/
http://fox43.com/2016/07/13/sinkhole-in-lancaster-county-causes-problems-for-drivers/
http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/route-shut-down-at-route-after-large-sink-hole-opens/article_eabbac32-493f-11e6-aaa1-8fdc2cb41a43.html

2016-07-15 - Sinkhole opens on the Lawrence Expressway in coastal Sunnyvale (California):
http://kron4.com/2016/07/15/sunnyvale-sinkhole-closes-portion-of-lawrence-expressway-repairs-underway/
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_30133791/sunnyvale-repairs-large-sinkhole-may-last-through-weekend
http://abc7news.com/traffic/sinkhole-closes-portion-of-lawrence-expressway-in-sunnyvale/1428996/
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/07/15/massive-sinkhole-blocks-lanes-on-lawrence-expressway/

2016-07-16 - Sinkhole opens on street, SUV falls in, water main breaks, in Reno (Nevada):
http://mynews4.com/news/local/reno-fire-responds-to-vehicle-that-fell-through-street-after-water-main-break-on-stewart

Quote: "Officials report that a vehicle was traveling westbound on Stewart east of Kirman and broke through the street. Water then began to flow."

Note: Sounds like the road opened up under the SUV, which then hit the water main and broke it. But it could've been the other way around too. Hard to tell on these which happens first...

2016-07-17 - Sinkhole opens on street in coastal Waiehu (Hawaii):
http://khon2.com/2016/07/17/sinkhole-partially-closes-road-in-waiehu/
http://mauinow.com/2016/07/17/large-sinkhole-reported-in-oceanview-estates-waiehu/

Note: 'Waiehu!' is what people yell when they fall into sinkholes too!

2016-07-18 - Gigantic sinkhole swallows 600 feet of road near Las Lajas (Colombia):
http://strangesounds.org/2016/07/200-meters-of-road-collapse-in-giant-sinkhole-in-colombia-pictures-video.html
http://endtimeheadlines.org/2016/07/600-feet-of-road-collapses-in-giant-sinkhole-in-colombia/

2016-07-18 - Sinkhole opens beneath garage at home in Barrington (Illinois):
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160717/news/160719129/
http://patch.com/illinois/barrington-il/barrington-home-deemed-unsafe-after-sinkhole-opens-under-garage
http://cltv.com/2016/07/18/sinkhole-nearly-swallows-cars-in-suburban-garage/

Quote: "Although there were no reports of injury, the collapse caused two parked cars to lean toward each other as the sinkhole opened under the garage floor's centerline, officials said."

2016-07-18 - Sinkhole opens, disrupts trains, in coastal London (Britain):
http://metro.co.uk/2016/07/18/50-foot-sinkhole-expected-to-cause-commuter-chaos-in-london-6014345/
http://www.lbc.co.uk/forest-hill-sink-hole-causes-more-southern-rail-chaos--133976

2016-07-18 - Sinkhole opens on street in coastal Edinburgh (Scotland):
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/sinkhole-closes-street-edinburgh-city-8443253
http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/our-region/edinburgh/haymarket/sinkhole-closes-haymarket-street-1-4180110
http://www.briefreport.co.uk/news/sinkhole-closes-street-in-edinburgh-city-centre-near-haymarket-station-4281169.html

2016-07-18 - Sinkhole opens on street in Peterborough (Britain):
http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/sinkhole-appears-in-peterborough-street-1-7482673

2016-07-18 - Avalanche hits Dungru, Tibet (China), 9 killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=AV-20160718-54137-CHN

2016-07-19 - Massive sinkhole opens beneath home, other homes affected, in Holiday (Florida), near the coast:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/07/18/sinkhole-opens-beneath-florida-home-neighbors-evacuated.html
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/sinkhole-opens-beneath-florida-home-neighbors-evacuated
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3696396/Sinkhole-opens-beneath-Florida-home-neighbors-evacuated.html
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/sinkhole-opens-beneath-holiday-home-more-homes-threatened/2285828
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/sinkhole-opens-beneath-florida-home-neighbors-evacuated/
http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/pascocounty/holiday-home-in-danger-of-falling-into-hole/276391461
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/07/18/homes-evacuated-after-sinkhole-opens-in-florida-neighborhood.html
http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/bn9/2016/7/18/hole_threatens_holid.html
http://www.sott.net/article/322652-Several-houses-evacuated-after-30-foot-wide-and-growing-sinkhole-opens-in-Tampa-Bay-Florida

Quote: "A sinkhole measuring at least 30 feet wide has forced the evacuation of several homes in Florida. Pasco County Fire Rescue officials received calls Monday that the sinkhole had opened up beneath one house in Holiday, a suburban area near Tampa Bay. Firefighters evacuated the affected home, as well as four other surrounding houses."

2016-07-19 - Sinkhole opens near school in Stroud (Britain):
http://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/14626276.Road_closed_after_football_sized_sinkhole_appears_near_Severn_View_Academy/

2016-07-20 - Sinkhole opens on road near the San Joaquin River in Fresno County (California):
http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article90666252.html

2016-07-20 - Sinkhole opens on Ferry Road in coastal Monifieth (Scotland):
http://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/angus-mearns/225042/diversions-place-sink-hole-discovered-monifieth/
http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/police-called-sinkhole-appears/

2016-07-20 - Landslide collapses home in Lodhma (India), 3 killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=LS-20160720-54173-IND

2016-07-21 - Sinkhole opens on street in Winter Haven (Florida):
http://www.theledger.com/article/20160721/news/160729912

2016-07-21 - Sinkhole opens, traps garbage truck, in Barfields, Loughton (Britain):
http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/14634550._Sinkhole__opens_up_underneath_bin_lorry/
http://www.essexchronicle.co.uk/loughton-road-closed-after-bin-lorry-falls-into-huge-sinkhole/story-29538475-detail/story.html

2016-07-22 - Sinkhole opens on street in Jamestown (North Dakota):
http://www.jamestownsun.com/news/local/4078970-sinkhole-closes-part-5th-avenue-ne

2016-07-22 - Sinkhole opens on street in Langley (Canada):
http://www.langleyadvance.com/news/387866402.html
http://www.cknw.com/2016/07/21/sinkhole-opens-in-major-langley-thoroughfare/
http://www.am730.ca/syn/112/206810/sinkhole-opens-in-major-langley-thoroughfare

2016-07-25 - Sinkhole opens on street in coastal Great Yarmouth (Britain):
http://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/small_sinkhole_opens_up_in_great_yarmouth_1_4630888

2016-07-26 - Sinkhole opens on street in Moose Jaw (Canada):
http://www.mjtimes.sk.ca/News/Local/2016-07-26/article-4598664/No-timeline-for-sinkhole-repair/1

2016-07-27 - Sinkhole opens on street in coastal Bay Ridge, Brooklyn (New York):
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/07/26/bay-ridge-sinkhole/
http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2016/7/27/nyc-dep-investigating-bay-ridge-sinkhole
http://brooklyn.news12.com/news/bay-ridge-sinkhole-knocks-out-power-for-several-hours-around-79th-street-1.12098737?qr=1

2016-07-27 - Sinkhole opens in yard at home in Ark City (Kansas):
http://www.kake.com/story/32556787/ark-city-man-finds-sink-hole-developing-in-back-yard

2016-07-27 - Sinkhole opens on the N2 in KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa):
http://citizen.co.za/1224319/kzn-motorists-to-take-caution-of-sinkhole-on-n2/

2016-07-27 - Landslides kill 35 people, 6 more missing, in Pyuthan (Nepal):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=LS-20160728-54294-NPL

2016-07-28 - Sinkhole opens, traps dump truck, on North Shipley Street in coastal Wilmington (Delaware):
http://www.wdel.com/story/76373-sinkhole-traps-dump-truck-in-wilmington
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/28/sinkhole-traps-dump-truck-in-wilmington/
http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/crime/2016/07/28/sinkhole-closes-block-north-shipley-street-wilmington/87661708/
http://nvs24.com/news/us/Sinkhole-closes-Wilmington-street-7438166.html

2016-07-28 - Sinkhole opens on street in coastal Norwalk (Connecticut):
http://www.thehour.com/news/article/Norwalk-sinkhole-angers-neighbors-sparks-8473688.php

2016-07-29 - Sinkhole opens near swimming pool at home in Buffalo (New York):
http://wivb.com/2016/07/28/sinkhole-opens-up-takes-a-bite-out-of-swimming-pool/

2016-07-31 - Sinkhole forces evacuation of several homes in Polomolok City (Philippine Islands), near the coast:
http://www.mb.com.ph/mgb-12-probes-suspected-sinkhole-in-s-cotabato-village/

2016-07-31 - Sinkhole opens on Route 90 near coastal Ocean City (Maryland):
http://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2016/07/31/sinkhole-closes-route-90-again/87895758/
http://newsbout.com/id/16337096897/Sinkhole-closes-Route-90-again
http://www.navbug.com/article189499716/sinkhole_closes_route_90_again.htm

2016-07-31 - Sinkhole opens on M-72 in Grand Traverse County (Michigan):
http://upnorthlive.com/news/local/sinkhole-in-grand-traverse-county-temporarily-repaired

2016-07-31 - Sinkhole opens on street, swallows SUV, in coastal Cape Burney (Australia):
http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/32198972/car-plunges-into-sinkhole-near-geraldton/#page1

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