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China: Sinkhole Opens Suddenly Beneath Man’s Feet in Sichuan

On October 13, 2025, in Bazhong, Sichuan, a video captured the alarming moment when a Chinese man fell into a sinkhole that suddenly opened beneath him while he was hanging laundry in his courtyard. Startled by the sudden drop, the man quickly climbed out of the hole, escaping without major injuries.

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Massive sinkhole in Saitama

YASHIO, Japan, May 2 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 2, 2025, shows the site where a sinkhole opened up in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, about three months ago, swallowing a truck and its driver. Following massive search operations, a body believed to be the driver's was recovered the same day. (Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]Massive sinkhole in Saitama

YASHIO, Japan, May 2 Kyodo -Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 2, 2025, shows the site where a sinkhole opened up in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, about three months ago, swallowing a truck and its driver. Following massive search operations, a body believed to be the driver's was recovered the same day. (Kyodo)

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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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Massive sinkhole in Saitama

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 2, 2025, shows the site where a sinkhole opened up in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, about three months ago, swallowing a truck and its driver. Following massive search operations, a body believed to be the driver's was recovered the same day.

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Massive sinkhole in Saitama

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 2, 2025, shows the site where a sinkhole opened up in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, about three months ago, swallowing a truck and its driver. Following massive search operations, a body believed to be the driver's was recovered the same day.

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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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Motorcyclist Found Dead Near Massive Sinkhole - Seoul

This photo taken on March 25, 2025 shows a road cave-in site in Seoul, South Korea. A road collapsed in Seoul on Tuesday, killing one person, according to fire authorities. Photo by Jun Hyosang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Motorcyclist Found Dead Near Massive Sinkhole - Seoul

This photo taken on March 25, 2025 shows a road cave-in site in Seoul, South Korea. A road collapsed in Seoul on Tuesday, killing one person, according to fire authorities. Photo by Jun Hyosang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Motorcyclist Found Dead Near Massive Sinkhole - Seoul

This photo taken on March 25, 2025 shows a road cave-in site in Seoul, South Korea. A road collapsed in Seoul on Tuesday, killing one person, according to fire authorities. Photo by Jun Hyosang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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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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[Breaking News]Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

YASHIO, Japan, Jan. 31 Kyodo - Video taken Jan. 31, 2025, shows the site where a sinkhole opened up, swallowing a truck, at an intersection three days before in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. The hole has widened as rescue attempts continue in the hope of saving the driver trapped inside. (Kyodo)

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken Jan. 31, 2025, shows the site where a sinkhole opened up, swallowing a truck, at an intersection three days before in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. The hole has widened as rescue attempts continue in the hope of saving the driver trapped inside.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken Jan. 31, 2025, shows the site where a sinkhole opened up, swallowing a truck, at an intersection three days before in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. The hole has widened as rescue attempts continue in the hope of saving the driver trapped inside.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken Jan. 31, 2025, shows the site where a sinkhole opened up, swallowing a truck, at an intersection three days before in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. The hole has widened as rescue attempts continue in the hope of saving 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

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

Rescue operations continue on the night of Jan. 30, 2025, at an intersection in Yashio in the eastern Japan prefecture of Saitama after a sinkhole that swallowed a truck and its presumed driver on Jan. 28 expanded earlier in the day.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Rescue operations continue on the night of Jan. 30, 2025, at an intersection in Yashio in the eastern Japanese prefecture of Saitama after a sinkhole that swallowed a truck and its presumed driver on Jan. 28 expanded earlier in the day.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Rescue operations continue on the night of Jan. 30, 2025, at an intersection in Yashio in the eastern Japan prefecture of Saitama after a sinkhole that swallowed a truck and its presumed driver on Jan. 28 expanded earlier in the day.

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Evacuation center set up near sinkhole

Photo taken on Jan. 30, 2025, shows an evacuation center set up at a junior high school in Yashio in the eastern Japan prefecture of Saitama, after a sinkhole at a nearby intersection that swallowed a truck collapsed further earlier in the day. Operations to rescue the truck driver trapped in the hole continued the same day.

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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

Rescue operations continue on Jan. 29, 2025, at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, after a sinkhole opened up the previous day, swallowing a truck and a man believed to be its driver.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Rescue operations continue on Jan. 29, 2025, at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, after a sinkhole opened up the previous day, swallowing a truck and a man believed to be its driver.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Rescue operations continue on Jan. 29, 2025, at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, after a sinkhole opened up the previous day, swallowing a truck and a man believed to be its driver.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Rescue operations continue on Jan. 29, 2025, at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, after a sinkhole opened up the previous day, swallowing a truck and a man believed to be its driver.

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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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Rescue operation at sinkhole in eastern Japan

Rescuers continue to work at a sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, in the small hours of Jan. 29, 2025, after it swallowed a truck the previous day, trapping a man believed to be its driver.

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Rescue operation at sinkhole in eastern Japan

Rescuers continue to work at a sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, in the small hours of Jan. 29, 2025, after it swallowed a truck the previous day, trapping a man believed to be its driver.