When the land fails
Sinkholes, craters, pits ... Every year the earth goes from under our feet more often. Pit unexpectedly appear on the roads, in fields, in the courtyards of houses and even in the houses themselves. We offer you a selection of photos, which houses, cars and people literally fall through the ground.
In May 2010, a huge, almost perfectly circular sinkhole 20 meters wide and 30 meters deep suddenly appeared in Guatemala, swallowing a three-story house. Authorities blamed in the incident lingering showers. (Guatemala's Presidency, Luis Echeverria / AP)
In August 2010, a funnel suddenly appeared on the road in Taiyuan, China, and some of the neighboring house collapsed. No one is hurt. (KeystoneUSA-ZUMA / Rex Features)
In January 2007, a huge crater at the site opened subway station in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Passenger van fell into a more than 40-meter crater. (MAURICIO LIMA / AFP / Getty Images
Huge crater 20 meters wide appeared at night in the yard of a home in Leshan, China, in January 2011. The homeowner heard a loud rumbling outside. Out on the test, he was amazed to see that hole. The depth of the hole - more than 40 meters. (Quirky China News / Rex Features)
Huge crater suddenly appeared on the road in the city of Changsha, China, in July 2012. One person died and three others were injured. (Quirky China News / Rex Features)
In September 2009, four firefighters miraculously survived when their car fell into the crater formed on the road to Los Angeles. (Nick Ut / AP)
In May 2011, an overloaded truck fell into a hole in the bridge in the city of Changchun. (Quirky China News / Rex Features)
In August 2012 a truck fell into a hole in the road in Harbin. One of the truck left the ground, and the other left lying on the roadside. (Top Photo Corporation / Rex Features)
Taxis are removed from the 3-meter crater, suddenly appeared on the road in Handane, China, in August 2012. (Imaginechina / Rex Features)
March 2013: a huge hole in the ground in the town of Guangyuan, China. Now it is 24.9 meters in diameter, and the locals are afraid that it will continue to grow and engulf neighboring houses. (AFP / Getty Images)
June 2012: the car in the funnel in Duluth, Minnesota, after floods washed away roads. (The Star Tribune, Brian Peterson / AP)
In December 2001, a house in Vaihi, New Zealand, suddenly fell into a huge hole to 50 m wide and 15 m deep. The incident occurred at night, but who lived in the house of a family of five people, including three children, were lucky - they got off with minor injuries. (Dean Purcell / AP)
Latest photos of Sochi, made in March 2013. When one of the tunnels at a construction site suddenly collapsed, a nearby house began to look askance ago. The house no one lives. (REUTERS / Nina Zotina)
Fire pit is lowered to 10 m depth, which suddenly opened on the road in Harbin, China. Two people were killed in the incident, and two others were injured ... (Quirky China News / Rex Features)
... One of the injured was here this year-old girl who was pulled out of the pit and fire. (Quirky China News / Rex Features)
April 2011: the collapse of the road in Beijing. In the truck fell through the hole, but the driver was rescued, and no one was hurt. (KeystoneUSA-ZUMA / Rex Features)
In August 2009, Hefei, China, suddenly collapsed highway. Fell into the hole and three motorcycle taxi. (Top Photo Group / Rex Features)
Gas crater in the Karakum Desert, which is called the Gate of Hell. This strange cave is lit for more than 40 years. It was discovered in 1971 by Soviet geologists, when the land on the site of their development suddenly collapsed, leaving a hole 70 meters in diameter. Since the crater is filled with potentially toxic natural gas, it was decided to set fire to it. Scientists believed that it will burn for a few days, but the fire has not yet subsided. (Amos Chapple / Rex Features)
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