Sinkhole Rapidly Grows, Swallows Central Florida Homes

A sinkhole rapidly grew from a small hole into a small lake as it consumed two homes in a central Florida neighborhood, and forced the evacuation of at least 10 other homes.

[InchProboscis]

That’s actually really sad to think about. You did nothing wrong but you’re still absolutely screwed.

[Rick_Foley]

"The good news is we've found your plumbing problem, ma'am."

[NotYourAverageFlo]

The guy swallowed by sink hole in his bed room and body was never found . Crazy scary

[josimpson]

This is dreadful and very scary.
I hope the homeowners are safe - and heavily ensured.
❤️ from 🇬🇧

[circledoesstuff]

Sinkhole: *swallows homes*
People: oh no

[david]

Wow! That's scary, and I mean like horror film scary.

[Life_is_mid.]

People in Florida should live in a boat

[edwardbaker]

It is largely because developers build homes near man made mosquito ponds that they call "lakes" so they can call the property waterfront. The underground water eats away the limestone.

[aetnaone]

Why would anyone build a home over a known sinkhole area?

[buttercupj]

I would have been gone I'm sorry but this is beyond scary a guy was actually killed when a sinkhole swallowed his house.

[TwistinFool]

Yeah let's makes homes in these zones

[marylamb]

Mass immigration has driven Florida's population from 4 mil to 20 mil. Bring more people in Florida. It's not like we're sinking.

[junnojunno]

Did the official at :50 just said "Unfortunately...." With a huge Colgate smile on his face ??

[talkdream]

That's a neat spin on the biblical "Who builds their house on sand?"

[TheCommunicationCoach]

nice way to avoid why (where) that material goes to when it 'dissolves.' aquifers that have been dried up

[poppyseeds]

Because Florida is made on top of swamps...

[flippyflapperson]

the sad part is this is probably only like the 5th worst thing to happen in florida this week

[Pamela-cnpm]

Why are the male commentators smiling? This is horrible for those families. Hav they no compassion?

[floridafam]

Irrigation systems are really what causes most of our sinkholes down here

[georgieippolito]

dont want sink holes? tell big companies to stop drilling for oil. they replace the oil underground with water. the water slowly evaporates and creates a empty gap. the gap rises and creates sinkholes and sometimes earthquakes. Also we are wondering why the core stopped spinning and cooling down while we are taking oil.