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Crews worked through the night to fill a gaping sinkhole that opened up on a Bronx street Tuesday, swallowing an entire van as severe weather slammed the tri-state area with flash floods and torrential rain, but authorities say at this point it doesn’t appear that weather was a factor. It was a disappearing act that no one expected — a…

A small sinkhole appeared on the Massachusetts Turnpike Wednesday afternoon in Framingham, police said, closing a lane for several hours. The sinkhole was on the left lane of the Boston-bound side of I-90 at the 113.8 mile marker, according to the Massachusetts State Police. Aerial footage showed the hole to be small and rectangular. Crews with the Massachusetts Department of…

A sedan sank nose-first into a 10-foot sinkhole in Palm Harbor, Florida.

The owner of a nearby seafood restaurant, who had to shut down amid the break repair at an estimated cost of $8,000 to $10,000 per day, expressed his frustration about the extended delay.

A large sinkhole that appeared in late May at a farm in central Mexico has grown larger than a football field, begun swallowing a house and trapped two dogs in its depths

A massive sinkhole measuring 75 yards wide opened on a farm in southeastern Mexico and is threatening to swallow a nearby home, NBC News reports. The crater, which appeared Saturday in Santa Maria Zacatepec, in the state of Puebla, began at just over 5 yards and continues to grow.

A sinkhole more than 75 yards wide opened up about 50 miles southeast of Mexico City.

An old well that dates back to the 1800s appears to be the cause for a massive sinkhole in a park in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood.

Boston’s archaeologist Joe Bagley held a press conference with the city’s parks and recreation department to talk about the massive sinkhole that was discovered Sunday at Dorchester’s Ronan Park.

Many people have been wondering for days now what caused a massive sinkhole to mysteriously appear in a Boston neighborhood park. They got their answer Thursday morning: it’s an old well that dates back to the 1800s. “What we believe currently is that the well is either built in 1818 by John Pierce for his estate,” Boston archaeologist Joe Bagley…

The Boston Parks and Recreation Department, along with an archaeologist, is expected to hold a 10:30 a.m. press conference Thursday to provide an update on the 40-foot deep, 3.5-foot wide sinkhole in Ronan Park in Dorchester, Massachusetts.

A mystery is unfolding at a park in Dorchester, Massachusetts, after a gaping, 40-foot deep, 3.5-foot wide sinkhole was discovered.  “It’s forty feet deep. You can’t even see the bottom of it,” said Kristin Bergeson, who was walking her dog in Ronan Park. “At first we thought they were redigging for a light post or something then we looked...

The gigantic hole, which is at the base of a steep hill, was discovered Sunday by a dad walking in the area. He called 311 he says, and when he wasn’t satisfied with the immediacy of the response, he called 911.

The man who experienced a real-life New York City nightmare — falling into a rat nest after the sidewalk collapsed beneath his feet, leaving him too terrified to scream and risk having the rodents crawl into his mouth — is suing the city and a building landlord

The Santa Clara Valley Water District said the pipe broke late Wednesday night. The 25-foot-wide sinkhole swallowed two vehicles at a commuter parking lot, officials said.

Surveillance footage from China shows two pedestrians walking on a sidewalk as it collapses.

Crews worked into the day Tuesday to repair a water break that created a sinkhole in Woburn, Massachusetts.

A driver managed to escape serious injuries after a sinkhole swallowed up an SUV traveling in the middle of a street in Easton, Pennsylvania.

A water main break created a gaping sinkhole early Wednesday in Tewksbury, Massachusetts and police are warning it will impact water service and traffic. Officers responded to the water main break sometime before 5:45 a.m. in the area of Newton Avenue and Main Street. the Tewksbury Department of Public Works also responded to the scene.

Crews are working to find the cause of a massive water main break that flooded five cars in Worcester, Massachusetts.