Every time Turkish farmer Fatih Sik drives his tractor across his cornfields he knows the earth could open up and swallow him at any moment. Two giant sinkholes have already appeared on his land in Konya, a vast agricultural province known as Turkey’s breadbasket. “Anywhere could sink, I keep thinking. And I know I’d be […]
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Fishing pier at Fort Wetherill State Park closed due to sinkholes. What to know.
JAMESTOWN – Sinkholes and a deteriorating bulkhead have prompted the state Department of Environmental Management to close a popular fishing pier at Fort Wetherill State Park to the public. The pier, located behind the Division of Marine Fisheries building at Fort Wetherill, was closed indefinitely on Friday. In a news release, DEM Director Terry Gray […]