If you've had the great fortune of swimming in one of these refreshing watering holes, you likely heard a few facts about the origins of cenotes, ancient beliefs surrounding them, and modern efforts ...

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14) — A sinkhole at The Fountains at Farah entrance near Hawkins Boulevard causing backup. That's what's driving one viewer crazy this week! Driving down Hawkins you will see ...

If a sinkhole is caught early, cities can inject grout into the hole to rebuild a foundation over the degrading bedrock. "It's similar to a dentist filling a cavity," Anthony Randazzo of ...

The sinkhole first appeared next to the local police station in Hinton, a city in southern West Virginia with a population of just over 2,200, in June 2021, according to local news outlet WVNS.

Fifteen cars and several businesses were damaged by a water main break on Center Street in Provo Saturday afternoon, city ...

North Jersey's sinkhole issues are far from over with both sides of Route 80 in Wharton remaining closed as of Friday morning after a second sinkhole opened up in the median of the highway on ...

The I-287 sinkhole opened up along the shoulder of the highway Friday afternoon, officials said. Kyle Tillyer / @kyletillyer. The swallowed-up roadway appeared on the left shoulder, and officials ...

Over the past 15 years, sinkhole damage costs an average of $300 million a year in the U.S.. There are several ways to identify a sinkhole in progress. Slumping or tilting trees or fence posts and ...

From China's Heavenly Pit, which stretches down 2,172 feet, to the Devil's Sinkhole in Texas that is home to three million bats — here are some of the world's deepest known sinkholes.

Sinkholes also surface as old tree roots decay. When a large tree dies or is cut down, it is often difficult to clear out the entire root system.

Sinkholes can range in size from a few feet wide to hundreds of acres, and anywhere from 1 to 100 feet or more deep. Sinkholes can swallow up cars, parts of roads and even houses. There's no ...

Whether a sinkhole collapses dramatically has to do with the type of soil on top. In some cases, the soil acts like an hourglass and “the sand just slowly makes this bowl shape as it goes into ...