Sinkholes appear in village

Thirty homes had to be evacuated after two sinkholes appeared in Godstone, a village in England, on 17 February. The residents of six homes have since been allowed to return. Sinkholes are large pits that form when material under the ground is removed for some reason – for example, it gets washed away by water. With nothing holding it up, the top layer, such as a road, collapses. Experts are hoping to examine the sinkholes with Lidar, a system that uses a laser to create a 3D map of something. However, investigations and repairs will take time, and it is likely to be several months before experts find out what caused the sinkholes and they are repaired. Sinkholes can form in different ways. One of the most usual is rainwater…

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