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.

Takashi Oguchi, a geographer from the University of Tokyo, said sinkholes are rare in Japan, where most roads are built on unconsolidated fluvial and marine sediments. But he warned that when a ...

THEY SAY THEY HAD TO HAVE REPAIRS OVER THERE. NEXT COMES THIS. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL SINKHOLE. THEY SAY TWO DAYS AFTER OUR STORY, THE ASPHALT MEANT A TEMPORARY FIX. IT STARTED CAVING IN THREE DAYS ...

A sinkhole opened up in the middle of an intersection in Japan on Tuesday and, unfortunately, a truck and its 74-year-old driver were swallowed during the dramatic incident. He is still trapped ...

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 ...

An approximately 12m deep sinkhole has formed on Second Avenue in Laudium. Tshwane metro spokesperson Lindela Mashigo said the root cause of the sinkhole is yet to be determined. Mashigo said the ...

An aerial view of a large sinkhole that swallowed a truck and a man at an intersection in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture on January 30, 2025. Kyodo/Reuters Tokyo CNN — ...

A driver was rescued after his car got swallowed by a sinkhole that opened up on Demarest Drive in Wayne Thursday evening, according to Wayne Township officials. The sinkhole, about 20 feet by 40 ...

Tokyo: A truck that fell into a sinkhole which suddenly appeared on a road near Tokyo has captured national attention, as efforts to rescue the elderly driver drag on. The incident has led to ...

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 around 9 ...

Five families living in the vicinity of a sinkhole in Japan have been told to evacuate as the crater continued to expand, days after swallowing a truck along with its driver. The sinkhole in ...

Jan. 31 (UPI) --The Japanese sinkhole near Tokyo continued to grow on Friday as emergency crews continued their plan to install a temporary ramp 50 feet down to the floor to rescue a dump truck ...