More than a dozen cars were submerged after a giant sinkhole opened up in the parking lot of a Mississippi IHOP restaurant.(Photo: Bob Riha, Jr., USA TODAY)
A huge sinkhole has swallowed more than a dozen cars in an IHOP parking lot in Meridian, Miss., according to local media.
Local TV station KSLA quoted witnesses as hearing a series of booms before power went out and the sinkhole, which is about 50 feet wide and 600 feet long, opened up.
Another station, WTOK, said emergency responders were called out to the scene about 7:15 p.m. CT Saturday. Officials told the station that about 15 vehicles were submerged in mud and paving but that no one appeared to have been hurt.
"We received a call earlier this evening of a sinkhole opening up at the new IHOP restaurant," Meridian Fire Department Chief Battalion Wayne Cook told the station. "Upon arrival, we found multiple vehicles in the ditch. At this time, we are trying to stabilize this and keep everyone away."
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WTOK said that the city, which lies near the Alabama border and has a population of about 40,000, has received 3 inches of rain this weekend and nearly 10 in the last two weeks. The restaurant opened earlier this week.
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