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Florida Agency Using Cement-Polyurethane Foam Mix to Plug Sinkholes

May 6, 2009 rockman Available Resources Comments Off on Florida Agency Using Cement-Polyurethane Foam Mix to Plug Sinkholes

Hillsborough County Florida is using a mix of expanding polyurethane foam and conventional cement grout as a more cost effective means of filling sinkholes. Officials say the mix uses 30 to 40% less grout adding […]

Sinkhole in a Beijing Street on April 26, 2011 - possibly resulting from tunneling ground loss from Beijing subway construction
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Tunneling ground loss sinkhole opens in Beijing street, swallows truck

June 6, 2011 rockman Failures Comments Off on Tunneling ground loss sinkhole opens in Beijing street, swallows truck

On April 26, a sinkhole opened up in a busy Beijing street in China’s capital city, swallowing up a truck. According to news reports, the driver and passenger jumped out of the vehicle before it […]

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Giant sinkhole threatens to swallow house, forces family (and its pets) to flee

May 8, 2012 rockman Geologic Hazards Comments Off on Giant sinkhole threatens to swallow house, forces family (and its pets) to flee

A backyard-sized sinkhole opened up recently behind a Windermere, Florida home, causing the home to be deemed unsafe. The residents said one of their kids was enjoying a hammock in the area just the night […]