But first we take a look at the ground beneath your feet its not always as solid as you might think some areas are full of Hidden Underground cabotage over time the earth can suddenly collapse creating a sinkhole often without warning. Sinkholes have grown common in the area around the dead sea there are thousands of them there. A new system could now predict where the next is set to appear. The holes are up to forty meters wide and often thirty meters deep. There are over six thousand of them. Were at the dead sea the famed body of salt water that lies between israel and jordan over four hundred meters below sea level. An increasing stretch of the israeli side of the sea is now cordoned off due to the proliferation of dangerous sinkholes. Just four years ago mineral beach was a popular resort that attracted over two hundred thousand guests a year. Melvin blount used to manage the resort and was here the day the ground simply gave way. Bicycling the show was a bright sunny day on a sim
the sea is now cordoned off due to the proliferation of dangerous sinkholes. just four years ago mineral beach was a popular resort that attracted over two hundred thousand guests a year. melvin blount used to manage the resort and was here the day the ground simply gave way. bicycling the show was a bright sunny day on a similar twenty seven twenty fourteen when disaster struck an enormous hole opened up under the parking lot. and we had to close the beach. the whole. i mean like the aftermath of a tsunami. coming here now is like visiting a cemetery. i mean militia. and the sinkholes have taken their toll all over the region which is literally on