The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said Friday a sinkhole developed in the southbound lane of Route 33, between the exits for Route 191 and Tatamy. Spokesman Sean Brown said the sinkhole is ...

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A sinkhole has emerged at the intersection of State and Locust streets, causing disruption but also bringing the local ...

Behind a 911 emergency center, a massive sinkhole plunging nearly 200 feet into the ground was discovered. When investigators examined the bottom, they found bones scattered in the darkness. The ...

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Walking down the street, you might never suspect the ground could suddenly vanish beneath you. Yet sinkholes are real geological features that swallow cars, buildings, and entire streets with little ...

If you’re passing through the Vandalia area, you may notice that a former sinkhole is repaired. The city announced Wednesday that the sinkhole was filled today, with Public Works crews operating in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sinkholes form when underground rock dissolves or sediment washes away and the surface collapses. Luis Diaz Devesa/Moment ...

Laura Toran receives funding from the National Science Foundation (federal), the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, and the William Penn Foundation (private). Laura Toran is a hydrogeologist ...

Two teenage best friends died after a sand tunnel they were digging in Citrus County, Florida, collapsed on them. Parts of Florida are known as "sinkhole alley" due to geological conditions that make ...

In early January, a giant sinkhole formed at an intersection in the West Oak Lane neighborhood of North Philadelphia after a water main break. Just two weeks earlier, the city reopened a section of ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Laura Toran is a hydrogeologist and professor emeritus of environmental geology at ...