Giant sinkhole in Fukuoka from subway construction

[cteno4]

from profet of the way on jtrains yahoo forum:

 

Huge sinkhole at subway construction site causes havoc in Fukuoka

http://www.mainichi.jp/english/articles/20161108/p2g/00m/0dm/029000c

A huge sinkhole opened up on a major road in downtown Fukuoka on Tuesday
morning, disrupting traffic, power supplies and banking systems, with
local authorities evacuating nearby areas for fear of gas leaks and
more cave-ins.

Photo Special: Huge sinkhole disrupts Fukuoka, linked to subway work
http://mainichi.jp/english/graphs/20161108/hpe/00m/0na/001000g/1

Nanakuma Line
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanakuma_Line

[JR 500系]

Heard from the news this morning too... it seems that the sink hole is quite big, something like 30m x 20m x 10m high! Luckily, only one eldery lady around age 70+ was injured in this episode...

[bill937ca]

Just like the sinkhole in Ottawa this year.

 

 

[cteno4]

i think the lady was injured at home by falling when the power went out due to the sinkhole.

 

jeff

[katoftw]

I saw this yesterday. I guess we can all have a giggle since no one was hurt.

[Ochanomizu]

That's how black holes start !!!

[cteno4]

What is to giggle about? Going to be rough on the city.

 

Jeff

[kvp]

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/15/japan-fixes-vast-fukuoka-city-sinkhole-repaired-two-days

[railsquid]

Predictions of this vital piece of Kyushu infrastructure being restored by autumn have proved correct ;)

[cteno4]

Wow that was fast!

 

Last sentence of the article seems off though...

 

"Before-and-after-photos showed how a team of workers took just six days to repair gaping cracks up to 150 metres along a stretch of road north of Tokyo, boosting attempts by emergency and aid workers trying to reach hundreds of thousands of survivors."

 

Not sure who the aid workers were that needed that street to get to some other disaster?

 

Jeff

[kvp]

That's a link to another story, that was a highway repair north of Tokyo.

[cteno4]

ah whoops, mea copa! i skipped the first part of the sentence there. my dyslexia tends to make what shows up in my head sometimes to be very edited bits!

 

jeff

[marknewton]

One thing I'm curious about is whether the sinkhole was actually caused by the subway construction work?

 

Cheers,

 

Mark.

[katoftw]

Still in investigation.  Probably will be for some months.