Aerial footage and pictures show the dramatic scenes left as a huge sinkhole breached a canal in Whitchurch in north Shropshire (pictures by Tim Thursfield).

Experts think the 300-foot-wide sinkhole was a result of softening the farmland and extracting groundwater, which also softens the soil.

A massive sinkhole formed Thursday off the shoulder of a heavily trafficked interstate highway in New Jersey, forcing motorists to take detours to avoid the area. The sinkhole formed after a section of the right lane and shoulder collapsed near the Wharton ...

Three canal boats were caught in the sinkhole and 12 people from nearby boats were helped to safety. A major incident was declared on Monday morning after a huge “sinkhole” emerged under a canal in Shropshire. Images from the scene show canal boats sunk into the hole and one hanging over the edge of a steep drop.

A pedestrian walks past the sinkhole on 16th Street south of Farnam Street in Omaha on Thursday, July 24, 2025. Linda McCollum poses for a portrait in front of her building, Farnam 1600, which is located next to the sinkhole on 16th Street south of Farnam ...

Dozens were evacuated and at least one garden was swallowed by a sinkhole in a southern English village on Monday, local reports say. The sinkhole, which formed in the village of Godstone in Surrey, about 18 miles south of London, grew approximately 20 ...

Another day, another sinkhole in Florida. — -- Another day, another sinkhole. The latest one to take place is in Florida. A family had minutes to escape before what appeared to be a sinkhole swallowed up a car and driveway. Other harrowing images of ...

Hundreds of sinkholes have appeared in a drought-plagued region of Turkey, with new ones collapsing into the Earth across the parched landscape. A recent assessment by Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority found 684 sinkholes across the Konya Plain,