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GHOR HADITHA, Jordan (AP) - Giant road signs at the entrance to this village warned that the ground could give way any time. And then I heard rumbling. Farmers waved their arms and shouted furiously at me to stop my car.
It was happening; a few feet to my left, a clean-cut circle of ground had vanished.
We crept to the edge of the newly formed rim, about three feet in diameter. It was still crumbling. I held the hand of a farmer, Khaled al-Huweimel, and leaned over — just a bit. A brave villager lay flat on his belly and peered down to gauge the depth. It was at least 100 feet deep.
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