35 most frightening sinkholes and sinkholes (36 photos)

Sometimes our world is unpredictable. We often hear about natural disasters that occur all over the planet. Karst sinkholes are one of phenomena that can overtake suddenly, at any time. Behind In recent years, alas, such failures appear frequently. Let's look at the largest known sinkholes or damaged roads, on which are creepy to watch.





1. A collapsed section of the road in the village of Palo Blanco on the Spanish island of Tenerife, November 23, 2009



2. A road collapsed during flash flooding in Toowoomba, Australia. January 10, 2001



3. After a water main burst in Chicago, April 18, 2013



4. Rescuers take out the body of the victim from a hole on the road in Shenzhen, China. May 21, 2013



5. Funnel next to the subway in Guangzhou, China. January 28, 2013 of the year. Its depth is 9 meters, and its size is 100-300 square meters.



6. Beijing, April 26, 2011



7. Funnel on the road in Baltimore, summer 2012



8. Collapsed guest house in Claremont, Florida, August 12, 2013. The guests had 15 minutes to escape



9. A car with two passengers fell into a sinkhole in Baltimore, USA on April 28, 2004.



10. Funnel on the driveway near the house



11. Car stuck in a sinkhole in Minnesota, June 20, 2011



12. Helicopter over a funnel 40 meters wide at a plant in New Wales, Australia. June 29, 1994



13. Collapsed road in the city of Gallipoli in southern Italy. March 30, 2007



14. The collapse of the road in the province of Biscay, Spain, because of which many boats suffered. March 12, 2008



15. The collapsed section of the road in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China. April 25, 2007



16. A funnel formed near an elementary school in the city of Dachegnqiao, China. June 15, 2010



17. The funnel, which, according to the Libyan government, formed as a result of airstrikes. Bab al-Aziziya military barracks area, Tripoli, Libya. May 12, 2011



18. The road collapsed after part of the bridge collapsed into the river in Changchun. Jilin Province, China, May 29, 2011



19. The collapse of a section of the road in Ostrovets Sventokrzyski, Poland, December 19, 2012. Pit depth - 10 meters



20. Rescuers get the bus out of the hole in the road. Lisbon, Portugal, November 25, 2003



21. Funnel in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China. December 26, 2012



22. A house next to a funnel 30 meters wide and 15 meters deep. Windermere, USA, 5May 2012



23. A large funnel in Fukou County, China, January 12, 2013



24. The village of Nachterstedt in Germany, July 18, 2009. There the road and the house collapsed, three inhabitants of which are still listed missing



25. Damaged highway in San Diego. February 24, 1998



26. Consequences of the tsunami in the city of Nagapattinam, India, December 27, 2004



27. Road collapse in Xi'an, China, May 27, 2012



28. A sinkhole in Hefei, China, August 8, 2009



29. Removing a car from a pit in Guangzhou, China, September 7, 2008



30. Loudi, Hunan Province, China. June 18, 2013



31. A car driven by a woman fell into huge funnel. July 3, 2013, Toledo, USA. As a result, the woman succeeded pull out, she did not receive any injuries



32. Funnel in the center of Montreal, Canada, August 5, 2013



33. A tanker truck that fell into a sinkhole in Xi'an, China, July 27, 2013



34. Damaged highway Gran Marical de Ayacucho in the United States, December 1, 2010



35. A giant funnel in Guatemala, formed in from a tropical storm on May 31, 2010. Storm destroyed many houses, demolished a bridge, and during the disaster evacuated more than 94 000 people