A few years later, the sinkhole opened once more at the site, now fenced off from the public. Florida, rich in limestone, is especially susceptible to sinkholes. "Sinkholes are most common in what ...

Some ground is more likely to develop sinkholes, for example limestone which is easily eroded by water. "In Florida they can get some very large sinkholes from dissolving limestone. And because of ...

One of the most common reasons for a sinkhole is when rocks like limestone or chalk break down. This happens because carbon dioxide from the air dissolves in rainwater to form carbonic acid - this ...

Jeff Bush was asleep in his Seffner, Florida home when a sinkhole that was 20 feet across (and at least that deep) opened up directly under his bedroom. His brother Jeremy and Jer ...