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Sinkholes threatening dead: 50 coffins swallowed in UK graveyard (watch pics)

New Delhi: According to the US Geological Survey, sinkholes are common where the rock below the surface is limestone, carbonate rock, salt beds, or other kinds of rock which can naturally be dissolved by groundwater



A 35ft wide sinkhole opened up in a suburban cul-de-sac in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, at 7.30am on February 15, forcing 17 houses to be evacuated and leaving one teetering over a 20ft drop.

Two of the houses could have to be demolished and now these giant sinkholes are also threatening the dead as Dozens of coffin-shaped pits have opened at Gravesend Cemetery in Kent.

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