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[Breaking News]Remains thought to be missing driver found inside underground pipe

YASHIO, Japan, May 1 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 1, 2025, shows a large sinkhole in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, that opened and swallowed a truck and its driver in January. Remains thought to be those of the driver were found the same day inside an underground water pipe following search operations, local firefighters said. (Kyodo)

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Remains thought to be missing driver found inside underground pipe

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 1, 2025, shows a large sinkhole in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, that opened and swallowed a truck and its driver in January. Remains thought to be those of the driver were found the same day inside an underground water pipe following search operations, local firefighters said.

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Remains thought to be missing driver found inside underground pipe

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 1, 2025, shows a large sinkhole in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, that opened and swallowed a truck and its driver in January. Remains thought to be those of the driver were found the same day inside an underground water pipe following search operations, local firefighters said.

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Remains thought to be missing driver found inside underground pipe

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 1, 2025, shows a large sinkhole in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, that opened and swallowed a truck and its driver in January. Remains thought to be those of the driver were found the same day inside an underground water pipe following search operations, local firefighters said.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

YASHIO, Japan, Feb. 4 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Feb. 4, 2025, a week after it opened up, swallowing a truck. Search efforts continued for the driver trapped in the expanding sinkhole. (Kyodo)

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Feb. 6, 2025, nine days after it opened and swallowed a truck. A search operation continues for the driver as the sinkhole expands.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Feb. 6, 2025, nine days after it opened and swallowed a truck. A search operation continues for the driver as the sinkhole expands.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Feb. 6, 2025, nine days after it opened and swallowed a truck. A search operation continues for the driver as the sinkhole expands.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Feb. 6, 2025, nine days after it opened and swallowed a truck. A search operation continues for the driver as the sinkhole expands.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

YASHIO, Japan, Jan. 31 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 31, 2025, shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. The sinkhole opened up on Jan. 28, swallowing a truck, and it enlarged as rescue operations continued to save the driver trapped inside. (Kyodo)

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Feb. 4, 2025, a week after it opened up, swallowing a truck. Search efforts continued for the driver trapped in the expanding sinkhole.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Feb. 4, 2025, a week after it opened up, swallowing a truck. Search efforts continued for the driver trapped in the expanding sinkhole.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Feb. 4, 2025, a week after it opened up, swallowing a truck. Search efforts continued for the driver trapped in the expanding sinkhole.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Feb. 4, 2025, a week after it opened up, swallowing a truck. Search efforts continued for the driver trapped in the expanding sinkhole.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 3, 2025, shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, after it opened up on Jan. 28, swallowing a truck. Efforts continued in hopes of rescuing the driver.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 3, 2025, shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, after it opened up on Jan. 28, swallowing a truck. Efforts continued in hopes of rescuing the driver.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 3, 2025, shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, after it opened up on Jan. 28, swallowing a truck. Efforts continued in hopes of rescuing the driver.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 3, 2025, shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, after it opened up on Jan. 28, swallowing a truck. Efforts continued in hopes of rescuing the driver.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 31, 2025, shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. The sinkhole opened up on Jan. 28, swallowing a truck, and it enlarged as rescue operations continued to save the driver trapped inside.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 31, 2025, shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. The sinkhole opened up on Jan. 28, swallowing a truck, and it enlarged as rescue operations continued to save the driver trapped inside.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 31, 2025, shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. The sinkhole opened up on Jan. 28, swallowing a truck, and it enlarged as rescue operations continued to save the driver trapped inside.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

YASHIO, Japan, Jan. 30 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 30, 2025, shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. A sinkhole opened up on Jan. 28, swallowing a truck and a man believed to be its driver. Another sinkhole appeared during work to rescue him and the two holes later joined to become one large hole. (Kyodo)

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 30, 2025, shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. A sinkhole opened up on Jan. 28, swallowing a truck and a man believed to be its driver. Another sinkhole appeared during work to rescue him and the two holes later joined to become one large hole.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 30, 2025, shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. A sinkhole opened up on Jan. 28, swallowing a truck and a man believed to be its driver. Another sinkhole appeared during work to rescue him and the two holes later joined to become one large hole.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 30, 2025, shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. A sinkhole opened up on Jan. 28, swallowing a truck and a man believed to be its driver. Another sinkhole appeared during work to rescue him and the two holes later joined to become one large hole.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 30, 2025, shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. A sinkhole opened up on Jan. 28, swallowing a truck and a man believed to be its driver. Another sinkhole appeared during work to rescue him and the two holes later joined to become one large hole.

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Sinkhole at intersection in Yashio, near Tokyo

YASHIO, Japan, Jan. 28 Kyodo - video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 28, 2025, shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. A dump truck fell onto the hole that is 10 meters wide and six meters deep with fire authorities rescuing at least one person following the incident. (Kyodo)

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Japan: Truck Falls Into Large Sinkhole After Road Collapse In Saitama

A road in Yashio City, Saitama Prefecture, collapsed on Tuesday, January 28, creating a large sinkhole into which a truck carrying a man fell. Rescue efforts for the driver have been ongoing, but another section of the road nearby collapsed on Wednesday, temporarily halting the operation.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken on Jan. 28, 2025, shows rescue operations underway at a large sinkhole that swallowed a truck at an intersection in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken on Jan. 28, 2025, shows rescue operations underway at a large sinkhole that swallowed a truck at an intersection in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 28, 2025, shows rescue operations underway at a large sinkhole that swallowed a truck at an intersection in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 28, 2025, shows rescue operations underway at a large sinkhole that swallowed a truck at an intersection in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo.

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Sinkhole at intersection in Yashio, near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 28, 2025, shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. A dump truck fell onto the hole that is 10 meters wide and six meters deep with fire authorities rescuing at least one person following the incident.

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Sinkhole at intersection in Yashio, near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 28, 2025, shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. A dump truck fell onto the hole that is 10 meters wide and six meters deep with fire authorities rescuing at least one person following the incident.

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Sinkhole at intersection in Yashio, near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 28, 2025, shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. A dump truck fell onto the hole that is 10 meters wide and six meters deep with fire authorities rescuing at least one person following the incident.

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Water emergency

25.11.2024, Tallinn. Large sinkhole caused by a water main break. Photo Tairo Lutter, Postimees

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Water emergency

25.11.2024, Tallinn. Large sinkhole caused by a water main break. Photo Tairo Lutter, Postimees

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Water emergency

25.11.2024, Tallinn. Large sinkhole caused by a water main break. Photo Tairo Lutter, Postimees

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Water emergency

25.11.2024, Tallinn. Large sinkhole caused by a water main break. Photo Tairo Lutter, Postimees

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GLOBALink | Giant karst sinkhole discovered in China's Guangxi

STORY: Giant karst sinkhole discovered in China's Guangxi DATELINE: May 8, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:02 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the sinkhole 2. SOUNDBITE (English): ZHANG YUANHAI, Senior engineer with the Institute of Karst Geology of China Geological Survey STORYLINE: A cave exploration team has discovered a giant karst sinkhole in Leye County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, bringing Leye's number of such sinkholes to 30. The sinkhole, located near Ping'e village under Luoxi township, measures 306 meters in length, 150 meters in width and 192 meters in depth, with its volume exceeding 5 million cubic meters, and can be categorized as a large sinkhole. Giant sinkholes, also known as Tiankeng (heavenly pit) in Chinese, are dolines, or giant pits, with special geological features found in karst regions formed by repeated cave-ins. They are mainly found in China, Mexico and Papua New Guinea. The expedition was completed on Friday after the team member

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KASHMIR-SRINAGAR-VERTICAL SINKHOLE

(220218) -- SRINAGAR, Feb. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People walk in a dried stream at a village in Anantnag district, about 94 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, Feb. 18, 2022. A vertical sinkhole that has developed in the middle of a river bed has devoured a freshwater stream in Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said Thursday. The sinkhole has been draining in all the run of the stream water into it and left the downstream portion dry, killing trout fish in large numbers. It has also caused immeasurable damage to aquatic life. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)

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KASHMIR-SRINAGAR-VERTICAL SINKHOLE

(220218) -- SRINAGAR, Feb. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A boy crosses a partially dried stream at a village in Anantnag district, about 94 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, Feb. 18, 2022. A vertical sinkhole that has developed in the middle of a river bed has devoured a freshwater stream in Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said Thursday. The sinkhole has been draining in all the run of the stream water into it and left the downstream portion dry, killing trout fish in large numbers. It has also caused immeasurable damage to aquatic life. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)

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KASHMIR-SRINAGAR-VERTICAL SINKHOLE

(220218) -- SRINAGAR, Feb. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People walk near a vertical sinkhole that has developed in the middle of a river bed at a village in Anantnag district, about 94 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, Feb. 18, 2022. A vertical sinkhole that has developed in the middle of a river bed has devoured a freshwater stream in Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said Thursday. The sinkhole has been draining in all the run of the stream water into it and left the downstream portion dry, killing trout fish in large numbers. It has also caused immeasurable damage to aquatic life. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)

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KASHMIR-SRINAGAR-VERTICAL SINKHOLE

(220218) -- SRINAGAR, Feb. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man walks in a dried stream at a village in Anantnag district, about 94 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, Feb. 18, 2022. A vertical sinkhole that has developed in the middle of a river bed has devoured a freshwater stream in Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said Thursday. The sinkhole has been draining in all the run of the stream water into it and left the downstream portion dry, killing trout fish in large numbers. It has also caused immeasurable damage to aquatic life. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)

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KASHMIR-SRINAGAR-VERTICAL SINKHOLE

(220218) -- SRINAGAR, Feb. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man shows dead fish seed at a village in Anantnag district, about 94 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, Feb. 18, 2022. A vertical sinkhole that has developed in the middle of a river bed has devoured a freshwater stream in Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said Thursday. The sinkhole has been draining in all the run of the stream water into it and left the downstream portion dry, killing trout fish in large numbers. It has also caused immeasurable damage to aquatic life. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)

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KASHMIR-SRINAGAR-VERTICAL SINKHOLE

(220218) -- SRINAGAR, Feb. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man watches dead fish seed at a village in Anantnag district, about 94 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, Feb. 18, 2022. A vertical sinkhole that has developed in the middle of a river bed has devoured a freshwater stream in Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said Thursday. The sinkhole has been draining in all the run of the stream water into it and left the downstream portion dry, killing trout fish in large numbers. It has also caused immeasurable damage to aquatic life. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)