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Has mitigated. he feels crews have been working for 24 hours to make the area more safe. he believes that this community right now is in a good spot. bill. >> bill: jeff, overall has the volcano progressed from when you first arrived there? you've been there more than a week, right? >> yeah. we've been here for more than a week. when we first got here i think a lot of the attention was on the big one. the big, dramatic eruption from the top of the summit. most of the problems we're now seeing are in the lower rift zone with these fissures. a ground opening where lava is spewing out. it has bec...

Ways deep into the darkness. most disturbing could be the view from up top. the round opening is deceptively small, little indication of tca that's just beneath my feet. until a hole like this opens up, there is really no warning, is there? >> correct, it's that random and that sudden and can happen, obviously, overnight or at any time. >> reporter: it can and it does. with thousands of sinkholes opening up in florida every year. david mattingly, cnn willis ton, florida. >> incredible to see how big some of the sinkholes are and how wide spread they are. up next "the ridiculist" and who is o...

>> reporter: perhaps most striking to me is how appearances for the sinkhole are so misleading. a single people of sunlight reveals the cavern is even bigger below the water line, with passageways carved deep into the darkness. but most disturbing could be the view from up top. the round opening is deceptively small. little indication of the cavern that's just beneath my feet. until a hole like this opens up, there's really no warning, is there? >> correct. it is that random and that sudden. and it could happen obviously overnight or at any time. >> reporter: it can, and it does. with thousand...

>> reporter: most striking for me is how appearances are so misleading. the cavern is even bigger below the water line, with passageways carved deep into the darkness. but most disturbing could be the view from up top. the round opening is deceptively small. little indication of the cavern that's just beneath my feet. until a hole like this opens up, there's really no warning, is there? >> correct. it is that random and that sudden. and it could happen obviously overnight or at any time. >> reporter: it can, and it does. with thousands of sync sinkholes opening up every year. >> incredible to ...

Misleading. the cavern is even bigger below the water line, with passageways carved deep into the darkness. but most disturbing could be the view from up top. the round opening is deceptively small. little indication of the cavern that's just beneath my feet. until a hole like this opens up, there's really no warning, is there? >> correct. it is that random and that sudden. and it could happen obviously overnight or at any time. >> reporter: it can, and it does. with thousands of sinkholes opening up every year. >> incredible to see how big some are, and how widespread they are. coming up next...