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The sinkhole suddenly opened at an intersection in the city of Yashio. A second sinkhole nearby is hampering rescue efforts.

Authorities in Yashio City, Saitama, received calls around 9:50 a.m. (0050 GMT ... According to the BBC, the world's largest sinkhole is in China — measuring over 2,100 feet deep.

Japanese authorities have asked hundreds of residents near Tokyo to evacuate as a sinkhole at an intersection grew to more than 40 meters wide, hampering rescuers racing to reach an elderly truck ...

Crews will shut down I-80 in Wharton, New Jersey, Friday night for roadway testing amid ongoing sinkhole repairs, state ...

Aerial footage showed the expanding damage, with the main body of the truck being pulled from the first sinkhole around 1 am on Wednesday. Although emergency crews successfully removed the truck ...

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

A sinkhole estimated to be the size of a large ... popped up in Yashio City on Monday around 10 a.m. (8 p.m. ET), Motohiro Ono, the governor of Saitama Prefecture said during a news briefing ...

Rescue crews have been working around the clock to the reach the man ... ordered a nationwide inspection of sewer systems. In one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries, the sinkhole has raised ...

Hopes fade for a trapped truck driver as unstable ground and rising water hinder Japan’s sinkhole rescue efforts.