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.

In 1980, an oil drilling crew working on Lake Peigneur in Louisiana accidentally drilled into an underground salt mine beneath the lake. The breach created a massive whirlpool that sucked in an $8 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While Louisiana's largest lake, the Toledo Bend Reservoir, spans 1,200 miles of shoreline, the state's deepest lake only spans ...