One thinks of Florida when one envisions massive sinkholes swallowing whole buildings in a single gulp. But in Juneau, the city not only has a massive sinkhole threatening its downtown fire station, but that hole may cost a million dollars …
What Mother Earth devoured, Chevrolet plans to resurrect. The carmaker said Thursday it will oversee restoration of the classic cars swallowed by a huge sinkhole beneath the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky. General Motors Design in Warren, Michigan, will manage …
A sinkhole collapsed part of the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky on Wednesday, damaging eight cars but not shutting down the building. Museum spokeswoman Katie Frassinelli said six of the cars were owned by the museum and two – a …
Authorities had to pull an SUV out of a sinkhole that opened up in a parking lot during heavy rains in north Georgia. WSB-TV reports that no one was hurt in the incident Sunday afternoon in a Home Depot parking …
A record low number of natural hazard events and unusual sinkhole activity were the highlights of 2013, according to CoreLogic, a residential property information, analytics and services provider. The company released its annual Natural Hazard Risk Summary and Analysis detailing …
A family evacuated their house in Tampa after the floor in one room shifted. Tampa police officers arrived at the scene late Monday but couldn’t confirm that the shifting was caused by a sinkhole. Officers noted the floor had shifted. …
Residents of several Florida homes have been evacuated due to a possible sinkhole that opened in a backyard near St. Petersburg early Thursday. Dunedin Deputy Fire Chief Trip Barrs said the hole appeared to be about 12-feet wide when officials …
One of the insurers for Texas Brine Company has filed a lawsuit accusing Texas Brine of ignoring warnings about the potential for disaster if it continued mining an Assumption Parish salt dome cavern. The suit arises from the massive sinkhole …
A utilities official says a large sinkhole that swallowed a moving car and briefly trapped the driver cost a northwest Ohio city about $100,000. Utility workers and contractors had to clean out broken sewer lines and fill the sinkhole that …
A rainstorm pummeling the Chicago area ripped open a sinkhole Thursday that swallowed three cars, injuring one driver badly enough that he had to be hospitalized. Blasts of torrential rain and widespread flooding forced authorities to shut segments of major …