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Motorcyclist dies in giant Seoul sinkhole
AFP, Published on 25/03/2025
» SEOUL - A motorcyclist was killed after a massive sinkhole opened up in Seoul, the fire department said on Tuesday, with harrowing video footage showing the moment the bike was swallowed by the hole.
Huge sinkholes threaten Amazonian town
Published on 22/02/2025
» BURITICUPU, Brazil - The city of Buriticupu, in the northeastern tip of the Brazilian Amazon, is being slowly swallowed by the earth. In recent weeks, huge sinkholes, several metres deep, have led the municipal government to declare a state of emergency.
Giant sinkhole appears in English village
Published on 19/02/2025
» GODSTONE, England - A large sinkhole has appeared in this village in southern England, swallowing up at least one garden and forcing authorities to evacuate residents from around 30 homes.
Japan sinkhole grows to almost Olympic pool length
AFP, Published on 31/01/2025
» YASHIO (JAPAN) — Emergency workers in Japan began building a ramp Friday to try and reach a 74-year-old truck driver who has not been heard from since his vehicle was swallowed by a sinkhole this week.
Sinkholes near Tokyo merge, man still trapped on 3rd day
Kyodo News, Published on 30/01/2025
» SAITAMA — A sinkhole at an intersection near Tokyo that swallowed a truck collapsed further Thursday and merged with a second opening that had formed nearby, as rescue efforts continued into a third day to save the driver.
Large sinkhole swallows truck near Tokyo, man trapped
Published on 28/01/2025
» SAITAMA, Japan - A large sinkhole swallowed a truck Tuesday after appearing at an intersection near Tokyo, with fire authorities working through the day to rescue a trapped man believed to be the driver.
New sinkhole opens up in Kuala Lumpur after woman is swept away
Bloomberg News, Published on 29/08/2024
» KUALA LUMPUR - A second sinkhole appeared in the heart of Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, just 50 metres away from where a woman was swallowed into the ground last week and remains missing.
Satun cave reveals new tree species 'Chalermprakiat'
News, Published on 12/07/2024
» A Chiang Mai University research team has found a new tree in Satun and named it "Chalermprakiat" to commemorate His Majesty's 72nd birthday.
Motorcyclist dies after falling down Bangkok drain
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 06/05/2024
» A motorcyclist died on Monday after falling into a drainage system inside the Mahai Sawan underpass in Bangkok's Thon Buri district on Sunday, according to local police.
Boing! The Anthropocene is upon us
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 18/07/2023
» 'I was there when the Anthropocene was born. It was so amazing," said Dr Katherine Richardson, leader of the Sustainability Science Centre at the University of Copenhagen. "It was actually in 2000, at one of these meetings of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme Scientific Steering Committee."