Sinkholes are no longer rare – it’s time to ask what’s making them worse. For most of us, sinkholes are the stuff of science fiction movies – terrifying, but infrequent. That illusion ...

THOUSANDS of people are at risk of losing their homes as a terrifying sinkhole forced a Brazilian city into a state of emergency. Shocking images from the city of Buriticupu, in the northeast of ...

An aerial view of the dramatic scene at Godstone High Street, Surrey, where sinkholes have opened up Residents in the Surrey village of Godstone have been evacuated after two sinkholes opened up ...

Dozens were evacuated and at least one garden was swallowed by a sinkhole in a southern English village on Monday, local reports say. The sinkhole, which formed in the village of Godstone in ...

The city’s government said of the sinkholes in an emergency decree: "In the space of the last few months, the dimensions have expanded exponentially, approaching substantially closer to the ...

A major incident has been declared in a village in Surrey after a large sinkhole opened up. At least one garden in Godstone has been swallowed by the hole - which is believed to measure up to 62ft ...