I remember a story where a man was sleeping in his bedroom and a sinkhole opened up under him and was never found. His brother tried to dig him out but he was too far down and totally buried with his bed. Terrifying.

That house just got devalued by 90%

My hubby said one word. GREED. The developers, the builders, the permit people. They all knew.....

Yet another reason not to move to Florida 😮

I wouldn't stay in that house!!! I'd be scared to go to sleep in there!

Sinkholes are dangerous. There was once an incident where one morning neighbours woke up to find that their neighbour and her house had disappeared

House value went from $750K to $20K overnight.

Growing up in FL, many worried about sinkholes all the time watching the news, but that’s a massive and very frightening sink hole right there!

That looks like a portal to hell!

Ouch, that is huge. Everyone stay safe, I remember that poor man that was sleeping when a sinkhole opened up under him.

Sinkholes have always been a thing in Florida . The first I witnessed was in Casselberry in the early sixties that took 3 houses. Then the famous on in Winter Park in 1981 that took a house and several Porsches that had been parked at a repair shop . People were not hurt in those . The worst was one in 2013 where the guy was sleeping in his bed and it swallowed him , never to be seen again.

Someone's house was being built right on top of that thing. That's scary.

Forget her house, they were setting up the land where the sinkhole opened up to be a foundation for another home or building... They're just bringing in dirt, packing it and building. They should be doing some sort of survey for underground stability before starting foundations

Thank God no one was hurt!

What the Heck! You're right there and you didn't send a drone down the sinkhole to see what the bottom looks like?!👀

Looks like that lot had the framing to pour a slab. Good thing it happened now instead of after a house was built

Ugh, I feel for that homeowner because they will never be able to sell their home for a good price.

Why does he start with you don't expect this in your back yard? If you live in Florida, you can expect anything to happen in the back yard.

Could you have a bigger banner? Blocks 25% of the video. It's not the 2000s anymore.

In northern Virginia the family across the road from a lady I worked for had their basement floor fall in a sink hole. Daughter was in the basement bouncing a ball the night before it happened. Karst spots in VA too.

Poor woman. Her home is worthless now.

When you continue to allow huge developments in the State, this will happen.

Well, that is a construction site. It’s evident that there was a “Vibratory Roller” used to get compaction on the soil. So, it’s a good thing this opened up now, and not after there is an occupied building on the property.

Sign behind the reporter advertising 1/2 acre lots.

Google Florida sinkhole map and you will see where all sinkholes have occurred in Florida…

Remember the sinkhole that opened up in Florida underneath a home with people in it and swallowed up a man in his bed. That is terrifying and they couldn't find him.

I watch the world news every day. And every day it seems like I’m watching the scenes from a movie about the apocalypse.

We hardly have any rain and I live down the road from that property. Stop lying 😡

Did I see a sign for new homes there? They are going to build a new neighborhood around there? I thought geologists had to declare an area sinkhole safe before building anything?

Scientists know EXACTLY why sinkholes open up. There's no mystery.

Glad we moved out of Tampa in 1992 ... whew!! 😮 Wow!!!

So obviously neither of the reporters knows what they are looking at. The sandy lot with the hole is being built on. The forms for a new house are what is visible in the video of that sink hole. Had the house been erected it would have fallen into that hole. That builder and homeowner to be lucked out.

News Flash: This entire area Weeki Wachee, Brooksville, Spring Hill have sink holes everywhere. Have for many years. Not news in Hernando County.

Literally "too close to home 🏡"; that massive 🕳️!!! Living on the edge has never felt so literal right now. I'd be frightened if my property were on that land. What if there's one closer to the home😮🏡? There must be more sink 🕳️ s just waiting to concave. 🙏🏼 💯

Florida is sinking.

Researchers are trying to answer… it’s Florida. There’s your answer.

I don't think homeowner insurance will cover that.

I’d be terrified

Yikes, that's a deep one, no more mowing the back lawn glad no one was hurt❤

What did you expect to happen with all the water being sucked from below to supply too many houses?

How deep are sink holes!? I will never move to Florida 😭😭😭

Omg just the thought of my dogs running out back to use the restroom and falling into this!!!

Dats a big ol hole!

You have to ask how this is possible when that land is just a few feet above sea level. Why is it not filled with water to sea level? What is holding back the water?

This area of Florida is under drought restrictions……see that beautiful green lawn….well that water came from the limestone caverns in the ground, under that house ….our soil is pure sand, and it’s really dry because of lack any any measurable rain for the last few months, south Florida is getting soaked…we haven’t. ….when they drilled the hole for the new irrigation well, on the empty lot….the sand flowed into the hole and filled the cavern that’s low or empty. Those people over watering their lawn, is where the water went….until the rainy season is in full swing, every house in this area, it could happen. It’s not a mystery hole, folks know why it happened, those pretty green lawn are part of the issue….

Sinkhole alley , yeah that's a great place to build a development .

Any truth to a 4.2 quake happening in FL yesterday, June 16, 2024?

Insurance companies loves those little stair step cracks every old house has so they can cancel your insurance.

Unreal. Scary. Crazy. The developers must have known something!

NEVER let your person or property on anything other than bedrock

"---a little bit unsettling"?? It's freaking terrifying. The people are super lucky it didn't swallow them and their house.

Nobody is asking, "Where did that massive amount of soil/sand go?" It has to be a very large cavern below to swallow that amount of material.

There are hundreds of underground natural water flows in florida. Sinkholes are the reason Orlando has 700 lakes and ponds

This one is absolutely expanding

No mention of the depth or width or length of the hole. C'mon!

I would be worried

imagine being the person who bought the land and started preparing their foundation. Their lot of land just dropped to zero. That's depressing because I highly doubt they had an insurance plan so early on in the development...

I’d be thinking it’s time to move. I’d actually be scared to stay inside the home worrying the sinkhole might get bigger and swallow the entire house. That would be an awful situation to be in.

Why is a sinkhole always round?

I would pack up and leave immediately. Who can sleep knowing that happened.

It's a swamp, don't build in a swamp

Florida is limestone foundation. It’s sinking every time it rains

Looks like they were trying to fill it before it collapsed.

Florida must have a lots of lime stones deposits. Lime stones dissolve in water easily - that is how underground caves occurred. When the ground is saturated due to heavy rain, they dissolved and washed away with liquid water resulted in sink holes.

It’s not a natural sinkhole. People keep building with no repercussions of where the water will go. Look at the slop, that’s also newly excavated land…

Lotta sand in Florida and sink holes are common, especially after all the rain they've had

Sooooooooooooooooooooooooo unsettling! Oh my!

Such an unfortunate title .. hehe

🎶there’s a hole in my yard that can only be filled by you 🎶 🤓

Now they will have lake front property.

The value of this property dropped by more than half with this sinkhole! The soil of Florida is like a block of salt where water infiltrates and forms tunnels! The ground is weakened. It could be catastrophic, especially where there are a lot of buildings. Many people could lose their lives there 😬

Does it seem to anyone else like they were attempting to push fill dirt into the sink hole? Why is there a large pile of dirt in the middle of that packed dirt foundation, right next to the hole? Were they trying to fill it before it became massive? And if they we're trying to fill it, then who knows what else they'll try to get away with while building

These can happen anywhere but Florida is especially prone.

Insurance companies must be running away from Florida at a high rate. How many more homes were built in these types of areas.

is this the same hole we saw yesterday were they were ready to build new houses on mississippi kite ave?

My earth science teacher told me years ago that Florida is basically swiss cheese with its aquifers and sinkholes will essentially sink the entire state.

And they allow houses to be built in sink hole alley???

They know what causes it, they just have a hard time predicting it. Sinkholes are a naturally occurring geological feature that is common in Florida. Much of our state sits on a bedrock of carbonate rock, primarily made of highly porous limestone. As water dissolves the limestone, it creates cracks and holes in the stone. The soil above then seeps down causing a pit to form.

They also had an earthquake no one is reporting.

What’s new?! This has been going on for decades!

note to self!! stay clear of FLORIDA!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

How deep is that hole? Scary

This happens to much in Florida ! I would want to live there!! This is crazy !!

What a massive hole 🕳 and the sad thing is, this can happen anywhere, in any city. I once heard in Florida that a massive sink hole 🕳 opened up, and swallowed a house and a guy was inside asleep and was never found.😢

OMG! That house was lucky to be just outside the sinking area!

Has everyone ever notice that most of these holes are a complete Circle

Looks like Florida is racing California for who will fall in the ocean first.

WOW!

Outer Range in real life...

Deep underground there are rivers of water and as they flow they are taking tons of sand with it. Then the air pockets develop and that’s how the sinkhole starts

How do you even fix something like that?

Florida has all kinds of craziness going on

Sink holes happens all over the world it's not just Florida, however it seems like it is more likely to happen in many parts of Florida and is a big concern for people who lives there.

Imagine her walking through her backyard at night time with that hole in the back with no idea its there😮

Only going to get worse in Florida. If insurance companies are leaving like hot potatoes it's time to go

Damn how big was her backyard 👀

whenever kids walk on the lawn their small feet have more impact as its high pressure on a small area. and the butter fly effect creates sinkholes. so keep those kids off your lawns.

I imagine that this is where the legendary “Florida Man” emerges from. 😂

I live down the road from this. They mine a lot of limestone in this area. It's also been bone dry in this particular pocket. Months without rain. There's the aquifer and caves. Hills. It's not like the beach area.

The Crosstown Expressway is an elevated highway in the Tampa area. It makes me wonder if a sinkhole will eventually develop under one or more of those massive concrete pilings that support the highway.