Sinkholes from Around the World

Sinkhole Buriticupu, Brasil

The expanding sinkholes in Buriticupu, a city in the Brazilian Amazon, are a growing environmental disaster. See this area prior to the sinkhole, for yourself with real-time geographical data. On a mobile device, simply click on the link below and if you have Google Earth installed, this location will open up in it. If you are on a computer, then right-click and save the KMZ link. After you have downloaded it, you can open it with Google Earth.

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If you have a geographic interest, this area can be found on the Amazon & Brazil North Travel Reference Map 1:3M Waterproof Map.

Newest Worldwide Sinkholes in the News - More Information Coming Here Soon!

2025-02-17 - Surrey Village Sinkhole
Melbourne's North East Link Project Halted: 18-meter deep sinkhole near an old Army Barracks site
2025-02-24 - Route 30 Bypass Sinkhole in Downingtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania
2025-02-23 - Sinkholes appear in Brazilian city, Buriticupu, in the Brazilian Amazon, declares emergency. Aerial drone footage available. View this location in Google Earth.
2025-02-23 - Massive sinkholes put 1,200 in Amazonian town at risk - Taipei Times Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
2025-02-23 - Sinkholes appear in Amazon as Brazilian city declares emergency | The Independent Buriticupu, in the Brazilian Amazon, has declared an emergency in the face of these sinkholes
2025-02-23 - Massive Sinkholes Swallowing Brazilian Town - Videos from The Weather Channel Authorities in Brazil have declared an emergency in the municipality of Buriticupu because of massive sinkholes that swallowed homes and are threatening hundreds more in the Amazon. Stunning video shows how the ground is opening up near dense neighborhoods. See it for yourself and learn how the weather is making the situation worse.
2025-02-23 - Sinkholes appear in Amazon as Brazilian city declares emergency | The Independent Buriticupu, in the Brazilian Amazon, has declared an emergency in the face of these sinkholes
2025-02-22 - Amazonian town in Brazil announces emergency after massive sinkholes put hundreds at risk | News Today News - The Indian Express The recent sinkholes are an escalation of a problem that residents of Buriticupu, in Maranhao state, have been watching unfold for the last 30 years, as rains slowly erode soils made vulnerable by their sandy nature.
2025-02-21 - Massive sinkholes put hundreds in Amazonian town at risk | The Mighty 790 KFGO | KFGO BURITICUPU, Brazil (Reuters) - The city of Buriticupu, in the northeastern tip of the Brazilian Amazon, is being slowly swallowed by the earth. In recent weeks, huge sinkholes, several meters (feet) deep, have led the municipal government to declar...
2025-02-21 - Massive sinkhole swallowing Brazilian town | | centraloregondaily.com A north-eastern town in Brazil, declared last week (February 11) a state of public calamity due to severe erosion threatening homes, according to the municipality. The geological phenomenon affecting Buriticupu
Aerial Drone Video Footage! 2025-02-21 - Brazilian city in Amazon declares emergency after huge sinkholes appear | Brazil | The Guardian In Buriticupu, about 1,200 people risk losing their homes, and residents have seen the problem escalate in 30 years
2025-02-17 - Minister of land visits unresolved Saitama sinkhole | Nippon TV NEWS 24 JAPAN The Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism visited the unresolved sinkhole in Yashio, Saitama Prefectur...

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Sinkholes from Around the World

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2021-05-25 - Via Zenodossio Sinkhole News Link, Rome, Italy. This sinkhole was caused by a water leak in a garage beneath the street; not a Karst formation sinkhole.

2021-09-21 - Well of Barhout (aka Well of Hell)

2021-09-27 - Explorers Find Snake Pit At The Bottom Of Yemen's 'Well Of Hell' A team of Omani cavers has made what is believed to be the first descent to the bottom of Yemen's fabled Well of Barhout -- a natural wonder shunned by many locals, who believe it is a prison for genies.
2021-09-27 - A prison for genies? Explorers descent to the bottom of Yemen's mysterious 'well of hell' - SCIENCE News Locals living in the region long believe that anything that comes close to the well is sucked into it with no escape possible.
2021-09-24 - Omani cavers make stunning discovery at bottom of 'Well of Hell' A team of Omani cavers has made what is believed to be the first descent to the bottom of Yemen's fabled Well of Barhout a natural wonder shunned by many locals, who believe it is a prison for genies.
2021-09-24 - Explorers Have Finally Descended Into Yemen's Fabled 'Well Of Hell' | IFLScience The bottom of the Well of Barhout has finally been reached
2021-09-24 - First Known Full Descent Into Sinkhole Called 'Well of Hell' Leads to Strange Discoveries There were snakes, but they won't bother you unless you bother them,' said Mohammed al-Kindi who descended to the bottom of the 367-foot well.
2021-09-23 - Into the 'Well of Hell': cavers get to the bottom of Yemen's Well of Barhout - YouTube Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtubeFor centuries, the 'Well of Hell' has been a mystery for many locals in Yemen....
2021-09-23 - Cavers are exploring this 'mystic' sinkhole in Yemen called the 'Well of Hell' - YouTube Explorers used sophisticated equipment to explore the 'Well of Hell', a 112-metre-deep desert hole in Yemen.
2021-09-22 - Cavers descend into Yemen's 'Well of Hell' for first time - BBC News The 112m-deep pit has long been shunned by many local people, who believe it harbours genies.
2021-09-22 - Cavers find snakes but no genies in Yemen's 'Well of Hell' A team of Omani cavers has made what is believed to be the first descent to the bottom of Yemen's fabled Well of Barhout' a natural wonder shunned by many locals, who believe it is a prison for genies.

2021-05-29 - Massive 60 foot deep sinkhole opens in a field in Santa Maria Zacatepec, in the state of Puebla, Mexico.

2021-01-08 - Major Sinkhole in Naples, Italy at Ospedale del Mare

2021-01-08 - Hospital's COVID-19 Center Evacuated After Sinkhole Swallows Parked Cars in Naples - Yahoo TV No casualties or injuries were reported, and the state prosecutor opened an investigation to identify the cause of the collapse. Credit: Vigili del Fuoco via Storyful
2021-01-08 - Giant sinkhole consumes cars in Naples hospital parking lot | News Break Giant sinkhole consumes cars in Naples hospital parking lot
2021-01-08 - Huge sinkhole opens up at Naples hospital | News | POST Online Media A sinkhole measuring up to 20 metres deep and more than 2,000 square metres has opened up in the car park of a hospital in the outskirts of the southern Italian city of Naples.
2021-01-08 - Giant sinkhole consumes cars in Naples hospital parking lot | The Star ROME - A giant sinkhole opened Friday in the parking lot of a hospital in Naples, Italy, forcing the temporary closure of a nearby residence for recov...

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2015-05-15 - National Corvette Museum Skydome Update: The Floor Is Poured
2015-05-15 - Turkey: locals 'terrified' as giant sinkhole appears | Euronews Residents of Konya Province in southern Turkey have spoken of their terror when a giant sinkhole suddenly appeared in a local field
2015-02-05 - Honoré: Environmental agencies using 1950s technology to monitor 21st-century industries | News | theadvocate.com The state is using 1950s technology to regulate its 21st-century industries, and that needs to change in order to protect Louisiana's air, water and land, Russel Honor&eacure; told the Baton

About this Webpage

I enjoy working with GIS data and try to find new things to keep my skills honed with.

Within these pages, I am performing some GIS tasks about the Karst Sinkholes in Florida. After seeing the news about the 100 foot-side sinkhole that had opened up behind a house in Windermere, Florida, I decided to see what was available for historic sinkhole data and started developing this webpage, complete with a time-lapse video of the historic locations of the sinkholes.