Growing' Sinkhole Swallows Florida Street

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h1 aria-label="'Growing' Sinkhole Swallows Florida Street" class="story__headline story__headline--normal" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"> <b>Local residents watch anxiously as a rapidly expanding sinkhole that opened up in a Florida street moves closer to their homes.</b></h1> <div> <br /> <header class="story__header" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><span aria-hidden="true" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); box-sizing: border-box;"></span></header><br /> <div class="story__content-outer-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; padding: 0px 332px 0px 0px; width: 992px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span> <section class="story__media" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="module module--primary" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; width: 660px;"> <div class="module video" data-format-high="http://video.news.sky.com/video/h264/vod/700/2014/07/210714FloridaSinkholeWeb1405935050465700.mp4" data-format-low="http://video.news.sky.com/video/h264/vod/374/2014/07/210714FloridaSinkholeWeb1405935050465374.mp4" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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max-width: 100%; min-height: 18.75rem; position: relative;"><div class="story__byline" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> <span aria-hidden="true" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); box-sizing: border-box;">By Sky News US Team</span></div> <span aria-hidden="true" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="story__intro" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> A huge sinkhole in a street in Florida is still growing, according to local residents.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> The gaping hole in Spring Hill, about 40 miles north of Tampa, was 23 metres wide and about 10 metres deep when it appeared on Saturday.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> However, people living nearby said the sinkhole has been creeping ever closer to their homes.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> It expanded in width by nearly 15 metres in a matter of hours and is now thought to be even bigger.</div> <div class="image image--inline" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 0px auto 1em; max-width: 540px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 405px; position: relative;"> <img alt="" class="image__item js-responsive" data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="91x68 300x225 480x360" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/7/21/324592/default/v2/10347068-703306206371160-4269155171239904424-n-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/7/21/324592/default/v2/10347068-703306206371160-4269155171239904424-n-1-480x360.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(220, 220, 220); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 405px; max-width: 100%; padding: 3px; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; vertical-align: middle; width: 540px;" /></div> <div class="image__caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; min-height: 40px; padding: 10px 8px;"> Several homes were evacuated. Pic: Hernando County Sheriff's Office</div> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> A mother and son told 10 News they watched the hole "open up in front of their eyes", saying it appeared without warning.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> Cracks have appeared in the house closest to the sinkhole, the TV station added.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> A spokesman for Hernando County Sheriff's Office said several homes were evacuated, although most families have been allowed to return.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 540px;"> The intersection of Eldridge Road and Van Alley Way will remain shut until authorities are able to repair the damage.</div> </span></section></div> </div> </div> </div>

Growing' Sinkhole Swallows Florida Street

Local residents watch anxiously as a rapidly expanding sinkhole that opened up in a Florida street moves closer to their homes. ...

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