World’s scariest sinkholes
According to Google a sinkhole is
“A cavity in the ground, especially in a limestone formation, caused by water erosion and providing a route for surface water to disappear underground.”
According to me sinkholes are the scariest things on this planet. Just imagine one of these popping up under your house just when you’re sitting on the toilet.
Lisbon 2003, Rescue workers are removing a bus from a street hole.
Photo by Jose Manuel/Reuters
We collected the most scary sinkholes below.
This is perhaps the most known sinkhole image on the web.
Guatemala City 2010, massive sinkhole opens up on the streets, almost 10 000 people are evacuated.
Photo Reuters
Photo Reuters
Guangzhou 2013, machinery is used to fill up a sinkhole that appeared into the subway near a construction site.
Photo STR/AFP
Gallipoli 2007, a road collapses into an underground cave system.
Photo Reuters
Caracas 2010, thousands of Venezuelans fled their homes after rivers kill 21 people.
Photo Reuters
Beijing 2011, A road collapses beneath a truck, injuring the driver and a passenger, both jumped out the vehicle before it sank into the hole.
Photo STR/AFP
Baltimore 2004, A car with passengers falls into a sinkhole at Owings Mills mall.
Photo Baltimore Sun Photo Xi’an 2013,
a tanker fell into a sinkhole above a caved-in area.
Photo Reuters
Ningxiang 2010, A sinkhole keeps growing and has destroyed 20 houses so far.
Photo Reuters
Toledo 2013, a woman awaits rescue after a massive sinkhole opened up underneath her car.
Photo Lt. Matthew
San Diego 1998, a sinkhole damages an on-ramp to Interstate 15.
Photo Reuters
Nachterstedt 2009, Lakeside homes suddenly collapse into the water.
Photo Reuters
Mulberry 1994, a helicopter hovers over a sinkhole that’s 37m wide and 55m deep.
Photo Reuters
Hefei 2009, a crossroad collapses, a taxi and a few motorbikes fell inside.
Photo Reuters
Via http://themavesite.com/wp/galleries/worlds-scariest-sinkholes
According to Google a sinkhole is
“A cavity in the ground, especially in a limestone formation, caused by water erosion and providing a route for surface water to disappear underground.”
According to me sinkholes are the scariest things on this planet. Just imagine one of these popping up under your house just when you’re sitting on the toilet.
Lisbon 2003, Rescue workers are removing a bus from a street hole.
Photo by Jose Manuel/Reuters
We collected the most scary sinkholes below.
This is perhaps the most known sinkhole image on the web.
Guatemala City 2010, massive sinkhole opens up on the streets, almost 10 000 people are evacuated.
Photo Reuters
Photo Reuters
Guangzhou 2013, machinery is used to fill up a sinkhole that appeared into the subway near a construction site.
Photo STR/AFP
Gallipoli 2007, a road collapses into an underground cave system.
Photo Reuters
Caracas 2010, thousands of Venezuelans fled their homes after rivers kill 21 people.
Photo Reuters
Beijing 2011, A road collapses beneath a truck, injuring the driver and a passenger, both jumped out the vehicle before it sank into the hole.
Photo STR/AFP
Baltimore 2004, A car with passengers falls into a sinkhole at Owings Mills mall.
Photo Baltimore Sun Photo Xi’an 2013,
a tanker fell into a sinkhole above a caved-in area.
Photo Reuters
Ningxiang 2010, A sinkhole keeps growing and has destroyed 20 houses so far.
Photo Reuters
Toledo 2013, a woman awaits rescue after a massive sinkhole opened up underneath her car.
Photo Lt. Matthew
San Diego 1998, a sinkhole damages an on-ramp to Interstate 15.
Photo Reuters
Nachterstedt 2009, Lakeside homes suddenly collapse into the water.
Photo Reuters
Mulberry 1994, a helicopter hovers over a sinkhole that’s 37m wide and 55m deep.
Photo Reuters
Hefei 2009, a crossroad collapses, a taxi and a few motorbikes fell inside.
Photo Reuters
Via http://themavesite.com/wp/galleries/worlds-scariest-sinkholes