August 28, 2015
A Tampa man died when a sinkhole suddenly swallowed his entire bedroom and pulled it deep into the earth. But what exactly is a sinkhole and how do they happen?
WHAT CAUSES SINKHOLES? Naturally occurring sinkholes, like the one that killed Jeremy Bush, are depressions in the earth caused by water erosion of the bedrock below a land surface. Acidic rainwater seeps through the ground and reaches soluble bedrock (usually salt, sandstone, or a carbonate rock such as limestone). It dissolves small amounts, and carries […]