The Tallahassee Police Department responded to reports of the 50-foot sinkhole and evacuated 'several' homes.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Anwar El Khouri, 74, has lived in a mobile home in Florida for 11 years. Tuesday,El Khouri says he's worried about losing his home as loose dirt continues to fall from the walls of the sinkhole in Tallahassee. His mobile home and another hang off the edge of the crater, which also swallowed a pine tree. Yellow tape with the words,"Fire Line Do Not Cross," creates a perimeter around the the crater.
El Khouri described how, a couple of days ago, he felt his trailer shake and he asked himself at the time:"Did the Earth change?""They tell me in Florida, it's like this," said El Khouri, adding he never saw one while living in Miami. Victory Crosby, 61, a neighbor living roughly 200 yards away in the same Capital Circle Pines mobile home park, said a smaller,"pool-sized" sinkhole opened a few years ago near his own house. It has since been filled in."It's unbelievable to me," he said.
Sinkholes are most often natural occurrences, especially in places such as Florida with limestone or ground easily dissolved by water, according to the U.S. Geological Survey . They can be dramatic, such as with El Khouri's front yard, or happen over time. They can also be"human-induced" through construction and groundwater pumping, the USGS says.
The Tallahassee Police Department responded to reports of the sinkhole Tuesday, and evacuated"several" homes.
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