A sinkhole is a section of land that has collapsed in on itself, sometimes for many feet. If the sinkhole is big enough, it can swallow an entire house. But in May 2022, scientists discovered a ...

Officials initially described the situation as a sinkhole, however the San Francisco Fire Department clarified it was not a sinkhole. The disruption is at the intersection of Lombard and Gough ...

A 74-year-old truck driver was swallowed Tuesday by the cavity which has since expanded to 40 metres (130 feet) across -- almost the length of an Olympic swimming pool. The growing hole could be ...

TOKYO (AP) — A truck that fell into a sinkhole that suddenly opened on a road near Tokyo has captured national attention as attempts to rescue the elderly driver drag on. Residents near the hole ...

Yashio (Japan) (AFP) – Hopes faded for a 74-year-old man in Japan whose truck was swallowed by a sinkhole as a difficult rescue operation entered its third night Thursday, with the chasm ...

In one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries, the sinkhole has raised worries about aging infrastructure. Most of Japan’s main public infrastructure was built during the rapid economic ...

Police officers and rescue members prepare for a rescue mission in Yashio, northeast of Tokyo, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, two days after a truck fell into the sinkhole made on a street Tuesday. (Yu ...

At first the sinkhole was roughly 10 meters (33 feet) wide and 5-meters (16-feet) deep, but it has since grown to twice that size. What about the driver? A 74-year-old man is believed to be ...

Japanese emergency services struggled for hours on Tuesday to rescue the driver of a truck that plunged into a massive sinkhole near Tokyo. Authorities in Yashio City, Saitama, received calls ...

A massive sinkhole engulfed a truck at a Saitama prefectural road intersection on Tuesday morning, trapping the driver and triggering an extensive rescue operation. According to Jiji Press ...