Key points:
- Dozens of sinkholes are wreaking havoc in the NSW community of Broke
- Some of the sinkholes are the size of swimming pools and are filling with sewage
- Police and government officials are working on a response
Properties deemed unsafe as swimming pool-sized sinkholes open up
Dozens of sinkholes have appeared in the rural Hunter Valley community of Broke in the aftermath of flooding rains, filling up with the suffocating stench of sewage.
www.abc.net.au
The areas mentioned were flooded recently so some of what they are calling sonkholes may just be erosion. Apparently cars, caravans and fences have been swallowed up.
