Imagine standing on the road one day and having a sinkhole swallow you whole. Or imagine sitting in your house and having a giant sinkhole vaporise your entire building. That's what happened in China. Two buildings in Guangzhou, China, tumbled straight into a giant sinkhole as the ground below them simply disappeared. Luckily, no one was hurt (though 300 residents had to be evacuated and some of them just lost their homes) as construction workers noticed the ground was already seeping in. Read More >>
Featured comment by mysticusa:
"across? maybe typo? meant to be surface area :) however,
You can tell it is about 50+ feet in each direction which makes it min 2500sqrft measures ..." More »
Sinkholes are mother shaking scary because it's the ground disappearing on you. And they just seem to come out of nowhere! Like on this Brazilian road, a sinkhole pops up and just begins to inhale an entire car. Seriously, watch the video from the 1:30 mark—it's like the car is driving straight into the hole or Mother Nature got hungry for some metal and gasoline. [Youtube via Geekosystem] Read More >>
Featured comment by otaviokz:
"If you look at how thing the asphalt is on this particular road, it's no surprise that it happened (given the region is famous for being landsliding p..." More »
A hellacious storm rocked San Francisco last night which meant howlin' winds, pourin' rain, boomin' thunder and an ungodly amount of strikin' lightning. In this picture, we see all four towers of San Francisco's Bay Bridge being struck with lightning... at the same time. Mother Nature, you are a scary mama. Read More >>
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