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New GIANT Sinkholes appear across China

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    thetonynator
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    :eek: 80 m in diameter :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:


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    Deep Easterly
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    Hooter23 wrote: »
    http://itn.co.uk/b7a2345bae65fa99ada8d962eec50f25.html:eek:

    :eek:

    There is something really scary about these 'sinkholes'. I never really heard of them until a few weeks ago but I have to say they really weird me out.


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    df1985
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    had never heard either of them until the guatemala reports. how deep do these things go?


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    pauldry
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    Not good. What happens when we have the Kenring floods in July. Will we have sink holes in Sligo and Athlone and Coleraine (owen?)

    There are also some towns where it might be no harm if they got sinkholed
    Sorry thats nasty


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    eireanbo
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    pauldry wrote: »
    Not good. What happens when we have the Kenring floods in July. Will we have sink holes in Sligo and Athlone and Coleraine (owen?)

    There are also some towns where it might be no harm if they got sinkholed
    Sorry thats nasty


    yeah like longford...


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    eireanbo
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    are sinkholes a rare accurance or this happen all the time..


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    ixus
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    From that link:
    Cheng Jie, a geological expert from the China University of Geoscience, said: "I think it is very unlikely that the sinkholes were caused by human activities. It is mainly a result of natural causes, like the sharp weather changes from extreme droughts to heavy rainstorms."



    At least 136 dead or missing in China floods
    19 Jun 2010 09:54:56 GMT
    Source: Reuters
    (Updates death toll) SHANGHAI, June 19 (Reuters) - Floods and landslides across southern China have killed at least 88 people and left 48 missing in a week, Xinhua news agency said on Saturday. Torrential downpours triggered flash floods, inundated crops, disrupted traffic and telecommunications, forcing the evacuation of 757,000 people, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said in a statement, Xinhua reported. China's disaster relief departments raised the emergency response level on Saturday after more floods hit south China and as authorities forecast more rain to fall in coming days. Worst hit were the provinces of Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Sichuan and Guizhou, and the Guangxi autonomous region. The economic damage was put at 10 billion yuan ($1.47 billion), Xinhua said. Only a few months ago, parts of the southwest were suffering from the worst drought in a century. (Reporting by Melanie Lee; Editing by Nick Macfie)


    Not specifically related but:

    China's Three Gorges Dam: An Environmental Catastrophe?
    Even the Chinese government suspects the massive dam may cause significant environmental damage


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    Not
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    Hooter23 wrote: »
    http://itn.co.uk/b7a2345bae65fa99ada8d962eec50f25.html:eek:

    '..the toilet of a farmer's home collapsed..'

    somebody taking the piss ? :pac:


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