Japanese authorities have asked hundreds of residents near Tokyo to evacuate as a sinkhole at an intersection grew to more ...

resulting in the expansion of the sinkhole. The driver was “buried in earth and sand, and if we bring heavy equipment near the asphalt it might fall in,” he said. He said rescue workers are ...

Japanese authorities have asked hundreds of residents near Tokyo to evacuate as a sinkhole at an intersection grew to more than 40 meters wide ... Authorities believe that corroded sewer pipes may ...

Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Feb. 4, 2025, a week after it opened up, swallowing a truck. Search ...

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Under Japan’s sewerage law, “parts that are highly prone to corrosion” due to differentials in slope levels or generation of hydrogen sulfide must be checked every five years. But the law did not ...

A sinkhole at an intersection near Tokyo that swallowed a truck collapsed further Thursday and merged with a second opening ...

When the sinkhole developed on the morning of Jan. 28, the 2-ton truck and its driver in his 70s fell in. During the rescue operation, another sinkhole formed on the road on Jan. 29.

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