A sinkhole opened up in a South Park Township. The sinkhole opened up in a parking lot at the corner of Brownsville Road and Corrigan Drive, right by a playground. Channel 11 went to the scene on Thursday evening and found a sinkhole roughly the size of a small car. Download the FREE WPXI News […]
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Mifflin County road closed due to sinkhole
DECATUR TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WHTM) – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation says they’ve closed a Mifflin County road due to a sinkhole. The closure affects Route 2006 (Summit Road) in Decatur Township near the intersection with Route 522. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now PennDOT says drivers should follow […]
Grant money to fund sinkhole damage along CR 222
Mar. 30—County road crews won’t have to wait for funds to come through to stay on top of major repairs along one of the area’s busiest rural roads, thanks to $300,000 in emergency funding approved this week by Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey. Ivey’s office cleared the Community Development Block Grant funds in response to a […]
Auburn reports sinkhole on Gamage Avenue, other concerns and closures due to rain runoff
Mar. 10—AUBURN — Police advised in a Facebook post Sunday that motorists travel with caution after several roads had been affected by rain runoff. Gamage Avenue was closed between Davis Avenue and Wilson Street due to a sinkhole formed by runoff. The ground beneath the pavement surrounding a sinkhole is considered unstable and could lead […]
DEP maintains tight information control over Fairmont Woman’s Club sinkhole
Mar. 6—FAIRMONT — The first step toward plugging the sinkhole on the Woman’s Club of Fairmont lawn began on Tuesday. The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection began drilling holes and taking core samples around the sinkhole, which will help their engineers figure out their plan of attack toward sealing the hole. “They have come […]
405 Freeway off-ramp closed for up to a month due to sinkhole
The 405 Freeway in L.A. is one of the most loathed routes for drivers from all across the country. The freeway has hundreds of thousands of drivers on it each day. Now, traffic may be more of an issue for the next month. Caltrans announced that the northbound 405 off-ramp to Skirball Center and Mulholland […]
Woman vanishes into 25-foot sinkhole outside home, California rescuers say
A woman fell into a 25-foot-deep sinkhole outside her Fontana home, California firefighters reported. It’s not clear how the woman fell into the hole, but her children noticed her missing and called their father, who rushed home from work, KABC reported. Someone heard screams from the hole in a bricked-over patio area and called 911 […]
Bluefield sinkhole impedes traffic again
Feb. 2—By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD — Work is currently underway on addressing a persistent Princeton Avenue sinkhole which has led to highway crews setting up portable traffic lights so motorists can keep traveling while the work is underway. Located close to Goins Gas & Produce LLC at 2320 Princeton Avenue — U.S. […]
Repair planned for sinkhole along Route 30 in Unity
Jan. 19—A sinkhole along the eastbound lanes of Route 30 in Unity is slated for repair in an effort led by the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. Cordoned off by orange snow fencing, the sinkhole is about 15 feet from the southern edge of the highway, near the intersection of Fred Rogers Drive, according to Unity Supervisor […]
ATV rider killed in sinkhole crash on ‘crazy’ unstable terrain, Arizona rescuers say
A crash into a sinkhole killed an ATV rider, Arizona firefighters reported. “The crazy part of this call is there (were) sinkholes and tunnels all around that were not visible very well, causing very unstable ground, some holes being approximately 40 feet deep,” the Greer Fire District said in a news release. Emergency crews responded […]