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Swallowed up as he was asleep in bed. today it is an empty lot. the house is gone and there are no plans to rebuild. even if you dont live in florida you are not out of the sinkhole woods. the ground has opened up in north carolina and swallowed cars in illinois. >> sinkholes occur regularly in places like texas, new mexico, pennsylvania, ken tucky, tennessee. >> reporter: look at this scene in ohio from earlier this year. the driver was stuck in her car underground until the fire department fin...

Limestone bedrock. over time, it widens, eventually breaking surface, then the sands and clay collapse into the hole swallowing everything in the path. repairs can be costly. >> i stepped here and my foot went down in the hole. >> we thought we would live and die here. we didnt have a plan b. >> a plan that could prevent destruction. >> the block could be broken. just another sign of sinkhole activity. enough to know to have your place tested. >> the experts who test the buildings say look for c...

Really, of the acidic matter, thats the water running underground, and the fact that you have a limestone bedrock here and they just dont mix well. it opens a cavern and you get the hole. >> just incredible that people -- you just dont know. martin savage, thank you. still to come, another politician finds himself the butt of a joke. emphasis purposeful, people. well show you the best political gaffes of all time, led by this one today. plus, an american court has forced a couple to change t...

I mean, theres this feeling, when we see these sinkholes, martin, as you know, around the country, that its just like, oh, no one has any idea. they would have had to put foundations down and build an entire resort here and market it. did they have no ideas about holes? >> reporter: it is possible. i mean, first of all, in order to check for sinkholes, you have to use ground-searching radar, which is really not too cost effective and certainly isnt required or you have to drill a lot of holes ev...

Evacuated, strictly as a precautionary measure. again, nobody killed, nobody injured, really, really fortunate. erin? >> i mean, miraculous, when you think about it, and the fact that you would hear cracks and actually think to get out. thats incredible. but what about the fact that the resort didnt know? i mean, theres this feeling, when we see these sinkholes, martin, as you know, around the country, that its just like, oh, no one has any idea. they would have had to put foundations down and b...

That wasnt the case on february 28th. the 911 call came in from seffner, florida, near tampa. >> the bedroom floor just collapsed and my brother-in-law is under the house. >> reporter: within hours the world was buzzing about a rare catastrophic collapsed sinkhole swallowed a young man lying in his bed. geologists say it works like this. a cavity slowly develops in the limestone bedrock. over thousands of years it widens, breaching the limestone surface. then the clay and sand above collapse int...

Money to fill the hole. 9239 sinkhole. down the street, 9191 sinkhole. several other properties on this street all dealing with sinkholes. theres a bit of consolation for the folks in this neighborhood, the sinkholes beneath their homes can be dealt with. the ground can be filled and the homes re-enforced. that wasnt the case on february 28th. the 911 call came in from seffner, florida, near tampa. >> the bedroom floor just collapsed and my brother-in-law is under the house. >> reporter: within ...

Whats happening right now? >> reporter: craig, this has been a terrifying ordeal for this entire neighborhood. as you mentioned, this 36-year-old man swallowed by the earth late thursday night. now two other homes have been evacuated and families have been rushing inside those homes throughout this afternoon, packing up their belongings and leaving. authorities arent sure how big this hole is because they havent been able to safely get inside the home and theyve moved the media back earlier this...