The New Jersey Department of protection has detected 90 underground hole in the sinkhole area. DOT officials estimate another ...

In recent weeks, huge sinkholes, several meters (feet) deep, have led the municipal government to declare a state of emergency. Some 1,200 people of total 55,000 population are at risk of having ...

Several buildings have already been destroyed, the decree said. The recent sinkholes are an escalation of a problem that residents of Buriticupu, in Maranhao state, have been watching unfold for ...

UPDATE: The eastbound lane of Interstate 80 in Wharton remains closed Saturday for testing after two recent sinkholes. The westbound lane reopened on Saturday morning. Original story is below ...

A state Department of Transportation description said the project was to address settlement and other issues in the abandoned iron mine that is in the area of the most recent sinkholes on I-80 East.

Legislator calls for long-term solution. The latest sinkhole to shut down all eastbound lanes of Route 80 in Morris County apparently has plenty of company. As repairs continue at the site ...