Gaping sinkhole swallows cars and forces evacuations in Baltimore

After two days of rain, a giant crater swallowed cars and collapsed the street in Baltimore Wednesday, April 30, 2014.  (Photo grabbed from Reuters video)
After two days of rain, a giant crater swallowed cars and collapsed the street in Baltimore Wednesday, April 30, 2014. (Photo grabbed from Reuters video)

(Reuters) — A giant sinkhole opened on a rain-soaked street in Baltimore, Maryland on Wednesday (April 30). The large crater swallowed up part of a street and several parked cars and buried train tracks under a pile of rubble.

According to local media, witnesses said the ground shook as the sinkhole expanded and it sounded like the rumble of a train.

There were no reports of injuries.

Officials have urged residents to stay away from the area.