A sinkhole swallowed a truck driver in Japan. It’s expanding and ...
Jan 31, 2025 · Japanese authorities have asked hundreds of residents near Tokyo to evacuate as a sinkhole at an intersection grew to more than 40 meters wide, hampering rescuers racing to reach an elderly truck ...
Japan sinkhole: Man trapped for days as rescue attempts …
Jan 31, 2025 · TOKYO (AP) — A truck that fell into a sinkhole that suddenly opened on a road near Tokyo has captured national attention as attempts to rescue the elderly driver drag on. Residents near the hole ...
Driver still trapped in sinkhole one week after cave-in north of …
3 days ago · The sinkhole is about 15 meters deep. ... NHK has learned that the Japanese government is planning to include the promotion of intensive repair and replacement of water supply and sewage pipes in ...
Japan tries to rescue man stuck in sinkhole. Here’s what’s going on.
Jan 30, 2025 · There’s also been a renewed debate about Japan’s aging infrastructure. What happened? 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-feet) deep, but it has since grown to twice that size.
Japan tries to rescue man stuck in sinkhole. Here's what's going …
Jan 30, 2025 · Police officers and rescue members prepare for a rescue mission in Yashio, northeast of Tokyo, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, two days after a truck fell into the sinkhole made on a street Tuesday.
Driver still stuck in large sinkhole in Japan over 24 hours after …
Jan 29, 2025 · Swimming pool-sized sinkhole traps truck driver in Japan 00:51. Rescuers were on Wednesday trying to save a Japanese truck driver stuck in a large sinkhole for more than 24 hours as local ...
Massive sinkhole swallows truck in Japan, trapping driver inside
Jan 29, 2025 · Japanese emergency services struggled for hours on Tuesday to rescue the driver of a truck that plunged into a massive sinkhole near Tokyo. Authorities in Yashio City, Saitama, received calls...
Japan’s Olympic pool-sized sinkhole highlights risk of old pipes
3 days ago · The week-long sinkhole saga was a reminder of the insidious corrosion gnawing at Japan’s ageing water and sewerage pipes, said professor of geotechnical engineering Shinya Inazumi at Shibaura ...
Japan sinkhole grows to almost Olympic pool length with truck …
Jan 31, 2025 · The sinkhole was roughly 10m wide and 5m deep but after it merged with another cave-in nearby, it expanded to 40m across, almost the length of an Olympic swimming pool.
Swimming pool-sized sinkhole swallows truck in Japan, trapping …
Jan 28, 2025 · In Japan, a sinkhole the size of a large swimming pool appeared in the city of Yashio, swallowing a truck and its driver. The crater is about 32 feet wide and 20 feet deep, local media reported.