B ack in March 2013, an unusual and tragic story emerged about a man who was swallowed by a sinkhole in Florida. No trace of the person was ever found.

Two sinkholes have appeared in the Surrey village of Godstone, but how have they formed and are they dangerous?

Sinkholes can appear without warning, swallowing everything in their path. From Florida’s deep “Mystery Sink” to Texas’ ...

For most of us, sinkholes are the stuff of science fiction movies – terrifying, but infrequent. That illusion collapsed this week in Godstone, Surrey, when two five-metre-deep holes suddenly ...

That sinkhole in the state’s wooded Big Bend ... trying to find the best gear and gadgets you can buy. Laura is a science news writer, covering a wide variety of subjects, but she is ...

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 ...

We've heard from some experts, who point out that according to a 19th century map, a quarry was directly where the sinkhole formed. Our science reporter Esme Stallard writes that the geology of ...

"Sinkholes are most common in what geologists call, 'karst terrain'," the US Geological Survey explains. "These are regions ...

A giant 60ft sinkhole has opened up on a Surrey high street. Surrey Police said on Tuesday that Godstone High Street was closed between Oxted Road and Bletchingley Road following reports of a ...