Sunken garden! Man films MASSIVE sinkhole that opened up in back yard during severe weather in Yorkshire at weekend – forcing locals to flee over fears their homes will slide into river
- The shocking sinkhole devastated the back garden of a home in West Yorkshire
- According to emergency services, sinkhole caused by river that burst its banks
- Firefighters evacuated nearby homes after the sinkhole destroyed a back garden
A massive sinkhole swallowed up a garden in West Yorkshire, forcing residents to flee their homes.
Shocking video footage filmed by Peter Kaszefko showed the devastation caused by the sinkhole, which appeared on Sunday at a home in Keighley.
According to firefighters the sinkhole was caused by flood water after a river burst its banks during Storm Eunice.
Firefighters evacuated nearby homes after the sinkhole caused chaos.
According to firefighters the sinkhole was caused by flood water after a river burst its banks during Storm Eunice
In the clip, Peter films people in high viz jackets outside the damaged home.
As he moves to the back of the house, an enormous crater appears where a garden used to be.
Metal pipes and tubes can be seen poking out of the wet soil with broken concrete tiles.
Half of the garden appears to be sliding down towards the river with pieces of slab at the bottom of the pit.
A shed can be seen dithering inches away from falling down with the rest of the back gardens of neighbouring homes.
Online many people showed sympathy with the homeowners situation affected by the sinkhole.
Louise said: ‘I really hope these people have good family n friends to help and money to help so so sad.’
Owen Bowers added: ‘Looks like a mini landslide.’
Bev Cotton said: ‘Oh God, those poor folk. What an awful, unpredictable thing to happen.’
The size of the sinkhole is unclear but emergency services said it had appeared due to flood water brought by Storm Eunice as it ravaged the UK.
Half of the garden appears to be sliding down towards the river with pieces of slab at the bottom of the pit
The size of the sinkhole is unclear but emergency services said it had appeared due to flood water brought by Storm Eunice as it ravaged the UK
Britain is facing a clean-up bill running into the hundreds of millions after Storm Eunice wrought havoc across the country on Friday – destroying homes, churches and landmarks.
The O2 Arena in London became one of the first casualties when part of its roof began to fall apart due to winds of up 122mph this morning, as the capital was placed under an extremely rare red weather alert.
Images taken Friday night show how a large section of the £43million structure – once dubbed the Millenium Dome – had been left in tatters after being battered by the once-in-a-decade storm.
Elsewhere, scores of homes were either totally destroyed or saw their roofs damaged or blown away, while many cars were crushed by falling trees and hit by flying debris – tragically killing at least four.
Meanwhile, a power station in Kent saw one of its chimneys collapse and a church in Somerset lost its spire.
Insurers told MailOnline that they had been inundated with calls from clients wanting to report damage to their property – with one company alone seeing enquiries surge by more than 400 per cent.
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