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Japan sinkhole grows to almost Olympic pool length; driver still missing
The cavity has expanded to 40m across, almost the length of an Olympic swimming pool, since opening up in a city just north of ... the night of Jan 28. As the sinkhole has expanded, heavy chunks ...
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Truck Driver, 74, Was Swallowed by a Giant Sinkhole in Japan. 4 Days Later, Rescue Teams Are Still Trying to Reach His Vehicle
The man reportedly became trapped inside his truck when it fell into a sinkhole on Tuesday, Jan. 28 Latoya Gayle joined PEOPLE as an Associate Editor in 2024. Her work has previously appeared in ...
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Japan sinkhole grows to almost Olympic pool length
The cavity has expanded to 40 metres (130 feet) across, almost the length of an Olympic swimming pool, since opening up in a city just north of Tokyo on Tuesday morning, officials said.
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Rescuers in Japan struggle to save truck driver trapped in sinkhole for three days
Emergency workers in Japan are struggling to rescue a truck driver who has spent three days stuck in a massive sinkhole in a city just north of Tokyo. The 74-year-old man, who has not been ...
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Giant sinkhole swallows truck and driver in Japan; mass evacuations ordered
Tokyo (CNN) — Japanese authorities have asked hundreds of residents near Tokyo to evacuate as a sinkhole at an intersection grew to more than 130 feet wide, hampering rescuers racing to ...
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5 things to know for Jan. 31: Plane collision, Confirmation hearings, Pain medicine, Japan sinkhole, FireAid benefit concerts
The FDA on Thursday approved the first new type of pain medication in 25 years. The drug, suzetrigine, is a 50-milligram prescription pill that’s taken every 12 hours after a larger starter dose ...
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Sinkhole swallows large truck and driver in Japan
There's also been a renewed debate about Japan’s aging infrastructure. Just after the sinkhole appeared in Yashio City, just northeast of Tokyo, on Tuesday morning a 3-ton truck fell into it. At first ...
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A sinkhole swallowed a truck driver in Japan. It’s expanding and residents are worried
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 ...
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A sinkhole swallowed a truck driver in Japan. It’s expanding and residents are worried
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 — ...
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Japan sinkhole grows to almost Olympic pool length
The cavity has expanded to 40 metres (130 feet) across, almost the length of an Olympic swimming pool, since opening up in a city just north ... truck salvaged from a sinkhole sits on its side ...
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Man trapped for days in sinkhole in Japan as rescue attempts continue
Just after the sinkhole appeared in Yashio City, just northeast of Tokyo, on Tuesday morning a 3-ton truck fell into it. At first the sinkhole was roughly 10 meters (33 feet) wide and 5-meters (16 ...
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A sinkhole swallowed a truck driver in Japan. It’s expanding and residents are worried
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.