In 1980, a drilling accident at Lake Peigneur in Louisiana caused the entire lake to drain into a salt mine below, creating one of the most bizarre disasters in U.S. history. Shoppers alarmed by ...

What started as routine drilling ended in a geological nightmare. Lake Peigneur collapsed into the ground, swallowing barges, land, and a massive drilling rig—leaving behind Louisiana’s deepest lake.

Louisiana's deepest lake formed after a drilling accident caused a sinkhole to collapse and a whirlpool to form, turning a 10 ...