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Video: Mad footage of sinkhole in the US swallowing trees in seconds

Published 11:40 22 Aug 2013 BST

Updated 14:00 12 Nov 2014 GMT

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Video: Mad footage of sinkhole in the US swallowing trees in seconds

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Scary stuff from Louisiana...

Maybe it’s just the advent of the internet age but we don’t recall hearing much about sinkholes until a few years ago. Now, hardly a week goes by without some gaping wound opening up in the earth, trying to swallow anything it can. That said, this latest video of a sinkhole in action is the scariest one we’ve ever seen. Shot in a place called Assumption Parish in Louisiana, it shows a large number of trees disappearing in just a few seconds. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbGT6jUoork The cause of the sinkhole in this case was a salt mining company, who drilled into a massive salt dome which is now collapsing, causing these large holes to appear. The state is suing the company involved.

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Video: Mad footage of sinkhole in the US swallowing trees in seconds