Spectacular drone footage shows ‘monster’ sinkhole along Oregon highway
RT.com
31 Jan, 2016
A massive sinkhole and a nearby landslide swallowed up part of the road in Harbor, southwest Oregon, shutting down Highway 101 there. The ominous-looking scene was captured in an aerial video.
The initial sinkhole developed in mid-December after a culvert under the road failed and following a series of storms and heavy downpours of rain, the hole continued to widen, resulting in the road’s closure on Thursday evening, The Curry Coastal Pilot reported.
“It’s a monster,” Jared Castle, spokesman for the Oregon Department of Transportation told NBC News.
A smaller sinkhole also opened up four lanes across from the larger hole while a landslide located a mere 50 feet from the sinkhole collapsed two lanes of the parallel road, sinking into the ravine beside it.
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