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In two American cities collapsed streets

Added	Sun, 11/02/2018
Источники	gismeteo.ru
Дата публикации	Sun, 11/02/2018
Версии	Karst, Karst holes, sinkholes

In the American city of Fairfax in Virginia a huge crater opened up right on the roadway, informs "RIA Novosti". Saturday, February 10, on the road there was a small hole. Soon the length of the failure increased to 30 meters, width — 7,5 meters.

The city authorities are actively working to eliminate the funnel. The failed area is cordoned off, at the scene working tractor.

Almost a similar situation occurred in the County of Williamson, Texas. There's a sinkhole opened in a residential area of the town of Bushey Creek, formed the cave has a length of 51 meters and a height of 7 meters.

The failure, which opened the course to the cave was immediately sealed off. However on Facebook there was a video of a woman showing off a stalactite or stalagmite, apparently mined from underground caves. One of the commentators roller advised local people to conduct tours of the cave.

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