uk sink holes

Bernie Scanlon's home is a pit. A sinkhole sucked up the Brit's house along with two others after heavy rains drenched their community, Abbey Hey in Manchester. Scanlon, a 56-year-old single mom,... Sinkholes develop when soft rock undergrounde.g., limestone, gypsum, or other carbonate rockwears away over time. This is known as "karst" terrain. Eventually, the unsupported sediment above the underground hole collapses, leaving the sinkhole open. The UK seems to be suffering from a plague of sinkholes. In the past month alone a 15ft hole has opened up on the M2, a 30ft crater swallowed a car in High Wycombe