 To folks around Wildwood Mo., it's downright freaky: an entire 9.3-hectare lake vanished in a matter of days, as if someone had pulled the plug on a bathtub.
Lake Chesterfield went down a sinkhole this week, leaving homeowners in this affluent St. Louis suburb wondering if their property values disappeared along with their lakeside views. That lake was 23 acres - no small lake. What once was an oasis for waterfowl and sailboats was nothing but a muddy, crackled pit.
Local residents said they noticed that the lake, after being swelled by torrential rains weeks earlier, began falling last weekend. By Wednesday, the manmade lake - which was up to three metres deep in spots - was gone. 1 comments
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The maker of the Segway Human Transporter has agreed to recall the motorized scooters because riders have been injured falling off when its batteries are low.
