Sinkhole Swallows Florida Man; Is It Possible in PA?

Pennsylvania named as top seven states in which sinkholes occur. Could this happen closer to home?

Patch sites in Brandon, Fla. have been following the ongoing case of a Florida man who was swallowed by a massive sinkhole while he slept. The news has the nation wondering how this could happen. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) knows exactly how such things happen. The holes are "an area of ground that has no natural external surface drainage," according to the USGS website. "When it rains, all of the water stays inside the sinkhole and typically drains into the subsurface."  When the rock surrounding the surface is saturated with water, it will "naturally be dissolved by ground water circulating through them," according to USGS. But what does a massive sinkhole in Florida have to do with Pennsylvania? Along with the Sunshine State, …

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