The fire department responded to the sinkhole, located at South Houston Ave. At that time, two cars had slid into the sinkhole. A third car fell into the hole after crews arrived. Heavy rain and flooding in the Chicago area could have exacerbated a water main break that contributed to the large sinkhole.
They also tend to be relatively shallow holes unless ignored, and the base of the street is still observable. What is a cave-in? Cave-ins can occur when utility services housed underneath the roadway are damaged and are usually found near a manhole or catch basin. Cave-ins, sometimes called sinkholes, can range from a slight dip in the roadway to a deep hole in the pavement that requires immediate attention.
When a cave-in or sinkhole is reported, CDOT inspectors will assess the degree of damage to the roadway and determine what caused the problem. It will then forward its assessment to the agency or utility company that needs to make the repairs. Depending on what caused the cave-in, work under the roadway might need to be completed before the road repairs are made.
December 13, Large steel road plates were used to cover the hole. Barricades and yellow tape mark off the area. The village said it would monitor the flow through the creek will come up with a plan to fix it after it recedes enough to make a damage assessment.
Mark Ratzer, meteorologist with the National Weather Service said the two-day total of rainfall for Lake County as of 10 a. Friday ranged from just less than an inch in Fox Lake to almost two inches in Lake Zurich, according to weather observers that report each morning.
The rain continued Friday morning through the afternoon, and updated totals were not available as of Friday evening.
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