Floridas Sinkhole Alley: Heres what homeowners need to know [Video]

If you live in Florida, you have probably heard of sinkholes.

It’s when the ground caves in, often bringing down everything on top of it. Roads, businesses and homes have all been impacted.

Dr. Manoj Chopra has researched sinkholes and erosion at the University of Central Florida and said much of Central Florida is part of “Sinkhole Alley.”

“It goes all the way from Hillsborough County, and close to Tampa, all the way up to Daytona, and it goes through our areas of Maitland and Winter Park,” Chopra told Florida’s Fourth Estate hosts Matt Austin and Ginger Gadsden.

Lake Eola actually started as a sinkhole.

Chopra said part of the lake collapsed through the aquifer and filled with water. He said much of the lake is shallow, but the part that collapsed is very deep.

He pointed out that Lake Rose …