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clock-iconPUBLISHEDDecember 15, 2014

Watch These Trees Get Swallowed By An Underwater Sinkhole

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Lisa Winter

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A bayou in Assumption Parish, Louisiana experienced a massive sinkhole after salt mines collapsed in the summer of 2013. The sinkhole did an estimated $12 million worth of damage to the surrounding area. The power of the sinkhole can be seen as it completely swallows up these 40-foot-tall Cypress trees:

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ORIGINALLY PUBLISHEDDecember 15, 2014

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