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A sinkhole 5-stories long swallows UK street, followed by a second hole — 30 homes evacuate (video)

Carla Sinclair
Feb 20, 2025
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Stock image of sinkhole on asphalt; Dragan Mujan / shutterstock.com

A huge sinkhole swallowed up a huge chunk of street in Surrey, England Monday night, expanding to the length of a five-story building (65' x 20' and 16 feet deep) by mid-day Tuesday. Then, a second sinkhole popped open soon after, right across the road, measuring 16 feet in every directi…

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