An curved arrow pointing right. A traffic officer in the city of Hangzhou, China, was patrolling a busy intersection when he noticed cracks forming in the road. He sprung into action, blocking off ...

B ack in March 2013, an unusual and tragic story emerged about a man who was swallowed by a sinkhole in Florida. No trace of ...

Deep in China's Fengjie County lies a natural wonder that has fascinated experts for decades. The Xiaozhai Tiankeng sinkhole is vast. Probably formed centuries ago by collapsing caves and ...

Extreme weather events have been making headlines more frequently than ever before. From torrential downpours to severe ...

Scientists just discovered the deepest sinkhole in the world off the coast of the Paracel Islands, disputed territory in the South China Sea. The Sansha Yongle Blue Hole is almost 1,000 feet deep ...

In 2022, sinkholes swallowed roads and farmland in parts of China, including Guangxi and Hunan. Scientists have linked increasing sinkhole activity in some regions to changing rainfall patterns ...

Due to the local Karst landscape and humid climate, a sinkhole more than 950 feet deep in Xuan'en County, China, has become home for various plants and animals. Some sinkholes have also become ...

An aerial view of the dramatic scene at Godstone High Street, Surrey, where sinkholes have opened up Residents in the Surrey village of Godstone have been evacuated after two sinkholes opened up ...

Image: Guatemala City in 2010. Pic: Reuters Sinkholes are also not uncommon in China. In 2020, nine people died after a sinkhole swallowed an entire bus outside a hospital in the city of Xining ...