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.