But such extreme damage, formally referred to as “catastrophic ground cover collapse” in insurance parlance, is actually quite rare. Instead, sinkholes are generally smaller depressions that ...

These sinkholes form like gradually deepening depressions as the loose surface layer of sediment trickles down into gaps in the underlying rock below. Cover-Collapse Sinkholes: The most dangerous ...

A decade-long wait to address such a significant issue raises questions about the efficiency of infrastructure management in ...

A truck driver has spent more than 24 hours trapped under a Japan sinkhole that swallowed his vehicle in the greater Tokyo ...

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

Ono said he thought the sinkhole may have been caused by a "crack in the Nakagawa River Basin sewer pipe," NBC News reported. According to government officials in Saitama Prefecture, the collapse ...

A garbage truck got stuck in a sinkhole Thursday in Omaha, Nebraska, leading to a power outage until it was removed.