A 200-foot sinkhole opened up under a home in Land O'Lakes, Florida early Friday morning, causing one home to be almost entirely swallowed, another partially destroyed, and a neighborhood-wide evacuation.Seeing 2 homes are damaged due to this sinkhole from SkyFOX view overhead. pic.twitter.com/e4NmDqMPVw
— Vanessa Ruffes FOX13 (@RuffesFOX13) July 14, 2017
Check out this incredible video of a sinkhole swallowing a home in Land O'Lakes. Follow BN9 for updates: https://t.co/gZTAAjSNYs pic.twitter.com/lKy6y8L136
— Bay News 9 (@BN9) July 14, 2017
County officials have begun tagging doors at nearby streets, in case homeowners need to quickly escape. So far, ten other homes in the neighborhood have been tagged, with more likely to come.Authorities have asked multiple families to evacuate their homes after active sinkhole swallowed up an entire house. https://t.co/W7PAvMGe3h pic.twitter.com/mO4zeCvppY
— ABC News (@ABC) July 14, 2017
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