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Sinkhole opens up in Flour Bluff neighborhood

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Flour Bluff residents are dealing with a nasty street problem. A sinkhole has opened up on Lakeside Drive.

The hole appears to be about two feet wide and about the same in depth. The recent heavy rains may have played a factor in creating or developing the cavity.

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Neighbors tried to place garbage cans around it to keep drivers from hitting it until Corpus Christi Police set up a barrier using a small traffic post. There's no word on whether the City was able to make repairs on Friday.

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