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Sinkhole in Texas Getting Bigger! (photos)
May 7, 2008 | MSNBC.com

A large sinkhole that seems to have formed near an injection well site has grown to over 400 yards wide. Reports say that Route 770 near Daisetta, Texas (about 40 miles northeast of Houston) is threatened by the expanding hole.

Sinkhole Report from KNBC Texas


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