Photos: Baltimore Sinkhole Swallowed Cars, Streetlights and Trees

Streetlights, trees and cars have collapsed onto a train track in Baltimore. (Photo by Jonathan Newton / The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Three days after severe storms and tornadoes killed at least 31 people in the United States South and Mid-West, the region has been hit by severe flash flooding.

The heavy rains have caused an enormous sinkhole to open up at 26th Street and North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland at around 4 p.m. on Wednesday near the train tracks used by CSX rail traffic.

Streetlights, cars and tress were swallowed into the sinkhole, but fire department officials don’t believe anyone was injured in the incident.  

The landslide swept across a set of train tracks and resulted in the suspension of some CSX rail traffic.

People living on the block and surrounding area have been evacuated.

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Multiple vehicles lie at the bottom of a landslide after heavy rains caused a street to give way in Baltimore, Maryland. (Reuters)

Cars lie at the bottom of a landslide, some on its roof, after heavy rains caused a street to give way. Luckily, no one was inside the vehicles when it occurred. (Reuters)

The sinkhole measured a street long and caused a row of houses to evacuate. (Reuters)

Goodbye street: Cars sit on the edge of a sinkhole in the Charles Village neighborhood of Baltimore, Wednesday, April 30, 2014, as heavy rain moves through the region. (DailyMail)