Samara sinking into the ground

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The fame of our Samara again reaching as far as the British Isles.
This time, its pages devoted Samara Daily Mail .
Amanda Williams /Amanda Williams published on the situation " Samara failures ", following its translation and photography.
Russian city "eaten alive": cars, buses and trucks are disappearing under the ground, as if they swallowed a giant funnel.

It's like the footage of the apocalyptic horror film, but it has become a daily reality for the residents of the Russian city. The citizens of Samara, on the south-east of Russia, living in fear, earth, literally disappears beneath them in huge craters, which began to appear around the city, devastating everything in its path. All believe that yawning underground caves that have arisen in recent weeks, disappeared cars, buses, and it is stated that at least one person was killed. City residents have signed a petition calling on the authorities to find a solution "road problems."

Russian city of Samara, seems sinking into the ground. So, swallowing cars, open and spread chaos massive crater.
Craters, some big enough to swallow the truck is believed to have opened up as a result of subsidence Russian winter.

Said to have been at least one death as a result of failures in the sixth-largest Russian city.

Craters, some big enough to swallow the entire truck is believed to have been caused by subsidence. It is believed that the holes were caused by the melting of ice: the excess water has caused the destruction of the soil under the Samara roads. Massive crater appeared in car parks, busy intersections, roadsides, and on the main and secondary roads.

Gaping craters have baffled residents who now live in daily fear, earth, literally, to eat them.
Dozens of massive craters in the disorder have emerged in recent weeks as a result, is reported to winter thaws, awards land of excess water.
These paintings, like all thought have emerged in recent weeks, as the land falls under the urban infrastructure.

Sinkholes are a danger in the mountain regions, in areas where miners have done in the normal layers of soluble minerals, and where nothing new occasional flooding.

But the formation of natural craters of different sizes can take thousands of years. They are usually the result of karst processes, which occur when the layers of rock, such as limestone, corroded in acidic water. Excessive rainfall percolates through the soil, absorbing carbon dioxide and react with decaying vegetation. As a result, the water that reaches the acid-soluble rocks.

Residents have organized a petition to urge the authorities to find a solution to the problem that caused the massacre in the city.

The disintegration of the surface of a failure can occur suddenly, even for a few hours. Heavy rains or poor drainage can cause collapse.

Acidic water then destroy soluble rock layers beneath the surface and trigger the creation of the cavernous spaces. Then the soil collapses into a failure.

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reportedly had at least one death as a result of failures in the sixth largest city of Russia.

That's what the controversial case:

Regional Court ordered the MP "Samaravodokanal" pay 200 thousand rubles. moral damages six-year son, the driver who was killed after the failure of his car on the main avenue in Samara, the press service oblprokuratury.

Recall, August 22, 2011 in front of house number 14 on Lenin Avenue * in Samara breakthrough water pipe, serviced MP "Samaravodokanal." Then collapse and the collapse of the roadway with a passing car. Driver Vladimir Pshenin with assistance was derived from a sinking car. However, immediately after his health deteriorated and he died at the scene.
The mother of six sons of the deceased Pshenina went to court on behalf of the boy to the administration of the city of Samara, MP "Samaravodokanal" to collect payments for child survivors and non-pecuniary damage. May 4, 2012 Leninsky district court dismissed the suit.

However, the panel of judges in civil cases Samara Regional Court on July 19 with the views of the Prosecutor partially granted the Morozova and recognized the right of a son Pshenina to compensation for moral damages.

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* - right across from the Rockets and 10 minutes of slow walk from my house.