MORGANTON, N.C. - Heavy rainfall in North Carolina flooded parts of the state this week, including an "infamous" sinkhole that formed last year and could be potentially be worsened by recent storms.
Video recorded by meteorologist Scotty Powell shows rainwater filling a sinkhole in Morganton, a city located about 75 miles northwest of Charlotte.
The sinkhole opened up in November of 2020 following heavy rain from Tropical Storm Eta and grew from additional rain on New Year’s Day, according to local news outlet WCNC-TV."The infamous sinkhole in Morganton is about full of water from all the heavy rain today," Powell wrote in an Oct.