Sinkholes in photos

Sinkhole Swallows SUV


A pickup truck is partially buried at the bottom of a 60-foot-deep sinkhole off the southbound lane of a Pennsylvania highway.

A Los Angeles fire engine topples over in a sinkhole caused by a burst water pipe.

City crews work to attach chains on a City of Houston Public Works dump truck, after it fell into a sink hole caused by a cave-in on Balmforth at Dumfries near Godwin Park, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011, in Houston. Officials said the truck was carrying gravel to repair potholes on the street when the road fell out beneath the truck, which fell into the hole backwards. No injuries were reported and the truck was later lifted out by a large crane.

Workers inspect a sink hole caused by flooding at the Pacific Cove Mobile Home Park in Capitola, Calif., Friday, March 25, 2011. A powerful storm swept across California flooding part of Capitola, in Santa Cruz County, and forcing dozens of mobile homes residents to evacuate. The storm soaked hillsides along the coast threatening landslides as the rain continues.

A sinkhole opens up in Nixa, Missouri.

A structure is swallowed up after a sinkhole opened up in Guatemala City.

A bird's-eye view of the giant sinkhole which swallowed a 3-storey building after it opened up in Guatemela City last year.

A homeowner looks at a sinkhole that appeared outside his Hawaii home after a 6.7 tremblor struck the island in 2006.

Powerful thunderstorms and widespread flooding caused this sinkhole to open up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.