An Ivy League-educated geologist said Thursday that one possible culprit behind the sinkhole problem in North Jersey is water. Timothy Bechtel, the director of science outreach and a senior professor ...

You trust the road beneath your tires. But what if that trust is misplaced? Sinkholes are increasingly turning ordinary streets into danger zones. And the cost of ignoring them is skyrocketing. They ...

POMPTON LAKES, New Jersey (WABC) -- As sinkhole repairs continue on Route 80 in New Jersey, Eyewitness News spoke to a woman who is greatly impacted by the traffic and construction. NJDOT says that ...

NEW JERSEY (WABC) -- 7 On Your Side Investigates is getting to the bottom of what likely contributed to the massive sinkholes that opened in New Jersey, despite not getting their questions answered by ...

The nearly 400-foot-deep hole swallowed all of the giant trees in its area. Aug. 10, 2012 — -- A nearly 400-foot deep sinkhole in Louisiana has swallowed all of the trees in its area and enacted ...

, Sept. 30 -- Sinkholes are sudden holes that open up in the ground when the surface layer drops into empty spaces below. They can be as small as a dip in a garden or so big that they swallow houses, ...

Both sides of Interstate 80 in Wharton are closed due to multiple sinkholes. Over a month into repairs, local residents, businesses and commuters are feeling the effects of the ongoing road closures ...

New Jersey lawmakers are moving to plug the state’s most dangerous abandoned mines, the same hidden hazards blamed for sinkholes that swallowed sections of I-80 earlier this year, under a bill that ...

VENTURA, Calif. -- A large sinkhole next to a construction site in Ventura, California swallowed cars and threatened nearby properties Thursday. The sinkhole opened up after an "incident involving the ...

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 ...

When residents of 1157 Lincoln Street in Blakely went to sleep on Friday evening, their car was seemingly parked safely in their driveway. At about 1 a.m., they woke up to find that car was ...

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