A three-story building collapsed and another "slowly sank" as a 60-foot-wide sinkhole opened under a central Florida resort late Sunday night. CNN reports:
Guests at the Summer Bay Resort in Clermont, about 10 minutes from Walt Disney World, called for help before the collapse, saying they heard loud noises and windows cracking. All guests inside the buildings -- an estimated 35 people, authorities said -- were evacuated before the first structure crumbled.
A roughly 15-foot-deep crater swallowed much of one building, Lake County Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Tony Cuellar said. Aerial video from CNN affiliate WFTV showed one end of the building -- which had held two-bedroom, two-bathroom villas -- still standing, but the rest reduced to pile of debris.
According to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, "Sinkholes are a natural component of Florida's landscape."
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