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A 20-foot-wide Florida sinkhole swallowed a car and is still growing.
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Travelers Florida, be aware: a massive sinkhole in Tampa swallowed a car and forced the evacuation of 11 families from an apartment complex yesterday.
The 20-foot-wide and 10-foot-deep hole, which is close to the University of South Florida campus, is still growing today.
No one was in the car when it was engulfed and there have been no reported injuries.
This is the third sinkhole to make the news in recent months, after an entire building was engulfed in Guatemala and a playground ingested in China last month.
According to Discovery News, a sinkhole is an area "where bedrock is solid but has been eaten away by groundwater."
The American Red Cross is providing emergency housing to the evacuated residents.
If you want to visit Tampa to see the sinkhole for yourself -- or perhaps some of the city's more attractive natural features -- visit Kayak to compare flights. Roundtrip flights from Washington to Tampa are available over Labor Day weekend from $195.
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