‘Like a gross hot tub’: Uptown sinkhole grows, spewing dirty water onto street

NEW ORLEANS — A loud gurgling sound echoes from a gaping hole in the 8300 block of Willow Street, as dirty water streams steadily onto the pavement.

Residents in this Uptown New Orleans neighborhood say they’ve watched the sinkhole grow larger over the past several days.

“It started out as just a small crack in the street with water bubbling out of it and it has consistently expanded to what you see now, which looks kind of like a gross hot tub,” said Emily Hume, an uptown resident…

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