Sinkhole swallows boat, 2 houses; others at risk
Florida authorities this morning asked multiple families to evacuate their homes after a sinkhole swallowed up a boat, an entire house and most of another in their neighborhood, police said. Eleven homes were evacuated because of the “active sinkhole” in Land O'Lakes, Florida, which officials said was “by no means stable.” Emergency workers approached each home in the area to personally evacuate every structure. There were no injuries reported as of early Friday morning. “It’s an active sinkhole, so we don’t know how big it’s going to get yet," a Pasco County battalion chief on the scene told reporters Friday. “We’re just evacuating other homes and making sure everybody is safe.” The sinkhole, which authorities said was between 225 and 250 feet wide and about 50 feet deep, also result...