All around some members of a Florida community, solid ground is suddenly opening up. A sinkhole drained an entire pond. At least a dozen people were forced from their home when giant holes swallowed up land near them. One woman scrambled out of her home in the middle of the night after hearing a loud crack. Sinkholes are not uncommon in Florida, but the frequency of the ones opening up in a community in Ocala the past two weeks is alarming officials and residents who live there. In Winchase townhomes, more than a dozen sinkholes have opened around a retention ponda pool designed to hold storm water runoff from streets to prevent flooding.
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