Well that's an odd synchronicity. Sinkholes have opened up in England, Thailand and Norway. The first affecting a canal, the second a hospital, the third a railway and motorway. They don't seem to be causally related, but they're all at the top of the news this morning.
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@strypey The event in England wasn't really a "sinkhole", despite being widely reported as such. Here's a slightly less sensationalist article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2lvq0yk9dko
I know the area. There aren't any old mine workings, and the geology isn't right for natural sinkholes.
@FenTiger
> The event in England wasn't really a "sinkhole", despite being widely reported as such
Fair enough for reporters to use the term used by emergency services. From your link;
"Onsite engineers, from the Canal and River Trust, have said that earlier descriptions from emergency services of a 'sinkhole' were not accurate to describe what had happened."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2lvq0yk9dko
Seems it's more accurately an "embankment failure".
Nope, not a synchronicity at all. The latter two stories are from September and August respectively, and they're only on the front page because they're related to the first one.
This is a great example of the difference between facts and interpretation. All the facts were there to lead me to the right conclusions, but my pre-coffee morning brain out 2+2 together and got an nonexistent mystery.
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