The driver was able to talk with rescuers but they retreated after the area around the hole became unstable, a spokesperson ...

A sinkhole the size of a large swimming pool swallowed a driver and his truck in Yashio City, Japan on Monday morning.

A large sinkhole has opened up just yards from one of the UK's busiest train stations with its cause still unknown. The hole, estimated to be three or four metres deep, appeared near the entrance ...

The biggest challenge for the operation, now in its seventh day, is that the sinkhole continues to expand, complicating the ...

A massive sinkhole near Tokyo that swallowed a truck and its driver a week ago, and has filled with sewage and debris, ...

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A sinkhole near Tokyo that swallowed a dump truck hole on Tuesday has now doubled in wide after combining with a second ...

The growing sinkhole in Saitama Prefecture could be the result of corroded sewerage pipes, according to local authorities.

"We have been carrying out a rescue operation ever since," a fire department ... According to the BBC, the world's largest sinkhole is in China — measuring over 2,100 feet deep.

"We have been carrying out a rescue operation ever since," a fire department spokesperson told AFP around seven hours later. He added that they estimate the sinkhole is about 33 feet wide — about the ...