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Incredible Florida sinkholes

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June 25, 2012 – A truck hangs over the edge of a sinkhole that opened up in the parking lot of Hughes Relocation Services in Salt Springs, Fla. AP
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Sept. 7, 2004 – A sinkhole approximately 10 feet deep swallowed this automobile in the parking lot of Hitchcocks Foodliner in Archer, Fla. AP
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Sept. 5, 2004 – A driver cruises past a sinkhole in West Palm Beach, Fla., on northbound Interstate 95 that developed following heavy rains Saturday night from Hurricane Frances. AP
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June 25, 2012 – People look at a large sinkhole near Jonesville Park, in Jonesville, Fla. AP
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Sept. 28, 2004 – Sean Watson looks down into a massive sinkhole that opened up during hurricane Jeanne at the Brookfield subdivision across the street from Fort Clarke Middle School. Initial estimates put the sinkhole at 40 by 50 feet across and about 30 feet to the water. AP
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March 2, 2004 – Susie Roberts is consoled by an unidentified woman as they look at the progress of the sinkhole in front of her home in Gainesville, Fla. AP
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Dec. 18, 2004 – A sinkhole in Deltona, Fla., swallowed all four lanes of Howland Boulevard, and forced the evacuation of 20 homes. AP
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July 13, 1994 – A cavernous hole, 106 ft. wide by 185 ft. deep, opened in the center of an IMC-Agrico waste stack near Mulberry, Fla. AP
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May 11, 1981 – This aerial view shows the large sinkhole that continues to grow as workers try unsuccessfully to retrieve sunken sports cars from the depression in Winter Park, Fla. AP
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May 29, 2000 – Workers look into a sinkhole that developed in Plant City, Fla. AP