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Sinkhole reported on Chicago's South Side
CHICAGO - A sinkhole reported Monday morning has closed a stretch of roadway on Chicago's South Side. SkyFOX was over the scene and observed a decent-sized sinkhole in the middle of the road near 111th Street and Whipple Street in the Mount Greenwood neighborhood.
A water department truck fell into a sinkhole Thursday evening around West 28th Street and Chatham Avenue while working on a main leak, according to Cleveland Fire Lt. Mike Norman.
You trust the road beneath your tires. But what if that trust is misplaced? Sinkholes are increasingly turning ordinary streets into danger zones. And the cost of ignoring them is skyrocketing.
BEING DONE ABOUT IT? WELL, MUCH TO THE RELIEF OF NEIGHBORS, A BALTIMORE CITY DPW CREW IS NOW ON THE SCENE. THEY WILL BE REPAIRING AN EIGHT INCH WATER MAIN BREAK THAT LEFT NEIGHBORS DRY AND WORRIED ABOUT THIS LARGE SINKHOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.
Hundreds of sinkholes have emerged in Turkey's central agricultural region due to dwindling rainfall and receding groundwaters, causing concern among farmers and environmental experts who see it as a worrying sign of climate change.