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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

India TV News Desk Updated on: February 23, 2014 7:32 IST


A council spokesman told Kent Online: “It is quite common for graves to sink - especially after a period of heavy rain. But none of the staff has seen anything of this scale.”

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