AUSTIN (KXAN) — Is it a sinkhole or a pothole? After reports of two separate sinkholes in downtown Austin, Texas on Thursday morning, city officials confirmed that one was a sinkhole and the other was ...
“A sinkhole is a hole that opens up in the ground due to some change in the subsurface.” This simple definition, provided by hydrogeologist Laura Toran, sums up what is so chilling about sinkholes in ...