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The question a lot of people want to know right now, there any way to predict them? >> not really. what we understand, it comes down to the depletion of the water table in florida. a lot of homes sit on limestone. when the water table is depleted, the limestone can be fragile. and then you have these voids, the sinkhole like you see here. >> george howell for us in seffner, florida. great to see you. here we go again. millions in the midwest waking up to more snow. another powerful winter system dropping several inches from the dakotas to iowa, and heavier snow expected in chicago this after...

Abbas also visiting there. a late addition to the secretary's schedule. kerry wrapped up a two-day visit, pledging 250 million $ths in u.s. aid to stupt the country's future as a democracy. >> you saw it on full on "early start." a giant deadly sinkhole opening up underneath a tampa home. teams are tearing down that home right now. you can catch a glimpse of the massive sinkhole, 30 feet wide, 60 feet deep. filled with delay and debris. rescue workers gave up the search for jeff bush. he is presumed dead. george howell is in seffner, florida. what is the latest, george? >> this neighborhood th...

Wider. now home of his neighbor is also in jeopardy. let's go to nbc's gabe guiterrez live for us in seffner, florida. what's going on there, gabe? >> reporter: well hi, alex. authorities are trying to gingerly investigate this because as you said they don't know exactly how big this hole is. throughout the morning they allowed -- nobody has actually been able to go in. they've moved the media several feet because they've been running the tests around that house. shortly a little while ago -- >> you know, this might be one of those times we heard a couple of voices there, you guys. it might be...

Him. i couldn't do nothing. >> terrible. that is wtvt, fox affiliate reporter april kellogg in seffner, florida. what is happening on this now? >> reporter: well, actually it is now being called at this point a recovery effort, not a rescue effort. if you take a look behind me, engineers are on scene here. they have been here for about an hour and a half, two hours at this point. they're testing the ground. measuring the ground to try to figure out what is stable, what is not. what is safe, what is not. once they determine that. that is when they can allow fire rescue teams to come here and tr...