BAYOU CORNE- State and Parish leaders are on alert in Assumption Parish after the sinkhole “burped” again today. It happened at 10am and caused heightened anxiety in an already tense area.
Sinkhole to be seen in 3-D – Area residents have been evacuated for more than 5 months
Scientists are starting to map out a three-dimensional look of the ground below the Assumption Parish sinkhole as nearby residents approach the sixth month of being evacuated.
The sinkhole was discovered on Aug. 3, prompting an evacuation of about 150 homes in the nearby Bayou Corne community.
In the time since, state and local officials have been able to determine the cause of the now 9-acre hole but have not been confident enough with the situation to lift the evacuation order.
“There are many things that are still a mystery,” said John Boudreaux, Assumption Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness director.
Rain reveals gas bubbles
BAYOU CORNE — High water from recent heavy rains revealed small sources of natural gas venting in the Bayou Corne community, a swampland settlement that has been evacuated for more than five months since the formation nearby of a large sinkhole, residents and officials said.
The high water inundated a formerly dry patch of wooded swampland across Crawfish Stew Street from a handful of homes in a neighborhood north of La. 70 South, residents said.
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