An actual sinkhole has opened on the White House lawn. It’s growing

>Construction on the US White House began in 1792. It has been almost continuously occupied by US presidents since 1800, barring a few years after the British set it on fire in 1814.

>But that doesn’t mean that the present-day building is free of hazards—there are mice, cockroaches, and ants. And as of this past weekend, a sinkhole has been growing on the north lawn, Voice of America reporter Stephen Herman observed.

>“It was noticeably bigger between Sunday and Monday,” Herman said. “It’s more than a foot long right now,” he said. A second sinkhole has opened up right next to it, he said.

>Often described as a “swamp” of corruption, the city of Washington, DC, is also literally built on a swamp. The city’s geological issues include “forebulge collapse,” a post-Ice Age condition that means the city could sink as much as six inches this century.

>Sinkholes have opened up across the city in recent years. They forced two residents to abandon their homes in March, and swallowed up a school bus last year. This is the first report of one on the White House lawn.

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