An unpredictable sinkhole in a Nova Scotia park that has already swallowed up large trees and some picnic tables is now at least 38 metres in diameter.
The crater began as a small indentation in Oxford and suddenly opened up Aug. 20 when the ground under it collapsed. It grew another three metres overnight Wednesday.
Amy Tizzard, a geologist with the Nova Scotia Department of Energy and Mines, said it’s too early to tell how big the sinkhole will get.
Amy Tizzard, a geologist with the Nova Scotia Department of Energy and Mines, is part of the crew working to figure out just how big the sinkhole will get. (Paul Poirier/CBC)
The department is trying to sort out what’s going on underground by
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