All the updated news related to sinkholes

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A sinkhole has closed a road in south-west London. The hole opened up in Kingston Road in Teddington at around 4pm on Wednesday, according to police. A tweet from Richmond Police confirmed closures were “likely to be in place for a few days” and ...

05 Jan 2023 at 14:40

Residents describe ‘exciting but scary’ moment sinkhole swallows up street

Residents have described the “exciting but scary” moment a huge sinkhole swallowed up part of a street in south-east London. The road surface on Martens Avenue, Bexleyheath, began cracking and collapsed at around 9pm on Tuesday, locals said. ...

22 Jun 2022 at 20:48

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Driver and passenger injured as car is swallowed up by sinkhole

A sinkhole suddenly opened and swallowed an SUV in South Korea’s capital on Thursday, injuring the two occupants, emergency workers said. Photos from the scene showed a white sport utility vehicle engulfed in the 8ft deep hole that appeared ...

29 Aug 2024 at 11:46

Residents told to avoid area after large sinkhole appears on housing estate

Residents have been told to avoid the area after a large sinkhole appeared on a housing estate in south Wales. The sinkhole opened up on Sunday at Nant Morlais, Pant, near Merthyr Tydfil. An image of the sinkhole, posted by the local ...

01 Dec 2024 at 18:38

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Three injured after landslide in Sweden causes huge sinkhole on highway

Three people have been injured after a landslide in western Sweden caused a sinkhole to open on a major highway. Police said at least four cars and a bus skidded off the road and crashed, leading three people to be admitted to ...

23 Sept 2023 at 11:58

‘Frightening’ sinkhole which forced residents from their homes continues to grow

A huge sinkhole which caused homes in south Wales to be evacuated is “frightening”, locals have said as the hole continues to grow. The collapse of a culvert – a structure that allows water to flow under roads and railways – ...

02 Dec 2024 at 15:22

World

Woman plunges into 26ft hole after pavement collapses in Malaysian capital

A woman plunged into a deep sinkhole in the centre of Kuala Lumpur after the pavement caved in, Malaysian police said. She was then believed to have been swept away by an underground water current. The incident happened in ...

23 Aug 2024 at 15:36

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Searchers recover body in hunt for woman believed to have fallen into sinkhole

A Pennsylvania coroner’s office said on Friday that investigators have recovered the body of a woman who was last seen four days earlier near a sinkhole above a shuttered coal mine. Sean Hribal, a deputy coroner in ...

06 Dec 2024 at 22:45

World

Search extends into night for US woman who may have fallen into sinkhole

A grandmother looking for her lost cat apparently fell into a sinkhole that had recently opened above an abandoned western Pennsylvania coal mine and rescuers worked late into the night on Tuesday to try and find ...

04 Dec 2024 at 04:27

World

Rescuers change tactics in search for woman who may have fallen into sinkhole

Rescuers were contemplating the safest way on Wednesday to search for a woman who apparently fell into a Pennsylvania sinkhole while looking for her lost cat, saying a crumbling old coal mine was complicating ...

04 Dec 2024 at 15:59

World

Malaysia intensifies search for Indian tourist who fell into sinkhole

The search for an Indian tourist who was swallowed by a sinkhole in Malaysia’s capital has entered a seventh day, with the operation hampered by strong undercurrent flows and worries about soil instability ...

29 Aug 2024 at 16:15

World

Authorities fear woman was swallowed by sinkhole while looking for her cat

Authorities in the US fear a grandmother who disappeared while looking for her cat may have been swallowed up by a sinkhole that recently opened up in a village. Crews lowered a pole camera with a ...

03 Dec 2024 at 22:42

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