New sinkhole 設立する at 危うくするd Mississippi dam
STARKVILLE, 行方不明になる. (AP) - An 査察 設立する a new sinkhole at a Mississippi lake where an earthen dam could fail because of high water levels linked to 強い雨s, 公式の／役人s said Friday.
The sinkhole was discovered at Oktibbeha 郡 Lake on Thursday after 郡 監督者s 認可するd a 計画（する） to drain the lake in an 成果／努力 to keep it from 違反ing, the Starkville Daily News 報告（する）／憶測d.
手段ing about 3 feet (0.9 メーターs) 深い and 4 feet (1.2 メーターs) wide, the 穴を開ける hadn't gotten larger by Friday, but 公式の／役人s 恐れるd that could change with 強い雨 予報するd over the 週末.
郡 engineer Clyde Pritchard said the surface area of the lake already has 二塁打d to about 900 acres (360 ヘクタールs), and he 概算の it could take as long as 24 days to lower the water level by just 5 feet (1.5 メーターs) using pumps that move 25,000 gallons (94,600 リットルs) of water a minute.
The lake is about 10 miles (16 キロメーターs) northwest of Starkville, the home of Mississippi 明言する／公表する University. A 違反 of the dam, which Pritchard said was built in the 1960s, would 危うくする about 130 所有物／資産／財産s and nine 主要道路s 石油精製.
Mississippi has one of the highest numbers of dams that 提起する／ポーズをとる dangers and are in poor or unsatisfactory 条件, によれば a two-year 調査 by The Associated 圧力（をかける）.
A car 速度(を上げる）s past the 付加 drainage pumps on the Oktibbeha 郡 Lake dam 近づく Starkville, 行方不明になる., Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 15, 2020. 公式の／役人s are hoping the 付加 drainage will 限界 the 激しい 圧力 the rain-swollen lake is placing on the dam. 郡 公式の／役人s believe a 違反 would 影響する／感情 an 概算の 130 所有物／資産／財産s and several 主要道路s. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
