A sinkhole near a runway at LaGuardia Airport caused delays and cancellations Wednesday after crews discovered the issue during a routine inspection, officials said.
According to FlightAware, LaGuardia Airport was experiencing arrival delays for airborne aircraft averaging 35 minutes and increasing.
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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said the sinkhole was identified around 11 a.m. near Runway 4/22 during the airport's daily morning airfield inspection.
A massive sinkhole on the Long Island Expressway shut down traffic and nearly swallowed a car whole Thursday, forcing the closure of two lanes just before rush hour, police said.
The 8-foot-deep and 10-foot-wide hole suddenly opened up on the westbound lanes of the expressway near Exit 49 in Melville just after 1 p.m., according to Suffolk County cops.
A truck driver literally started his morning with a sinking feeling in downtown Simcoe on Tuesday.
A Norfolk Disposal waste collection truck ended up in a sinkhole in a parking lot behind a business at Peel Street and Norfolk Street S. on Tuesday morning.
"Often times when you talk about traffic related incidents they are the result of choices that are made by a driver behind the wheel, but in this case it's just in the wrong place at the wrong time," Norfolk OPP Const. Andrew Gamble said in a social media post.
The incident led to the closure of Norfolk St. S between Peel and Victoria streets for several hours while a crane was brought in to lift the vehicle from the hole.
The incident also led to numerous posts being made to social media, among them were videos from Henry Knelsen, operator of Handy Henry's located across the street from the sinkhole.
A sudden road collapse outside a local high school in Ioannina swallowed a city cleaning truck, but authorities report no injuries as the cause of the sinkhole remains under investigation
A dramatic incident occurred early Wednesday morning in Ioannina, Greece, when a section of the road outside a high school on Velissariou Street, Ioannina collapsed, swallowing a municipal cleaning vehicle.
Local media report that, miraculously, no one was injured in the event. Emergency services arrived quickly to assess the scene and secure the area.
The cause of the sinkhole remains unknown, and authorities are investigating potential factors behind the sudden collapse of the roadway. Traffic in the surrounding area has been temporarily disrupted as crews work to ensure public safety.
City officials have urged residents to remain cautious and avoid the immediate vicinity until further notice, while engineers examine the structural integrity of nearby roads.
A massive sinkhole has formed in Central Aceh, Indonesia, swallowing farmland and threatening the livelihoods of local farmers. The expanding sinkhole, caused by persistent soil movement and landslides, has destroyed crops and forced safety measures in surrounding areas.
Footage of a massive sinkhole swallowing vehicles and buildings on a section of a road in Shanghai, China, is going viral on social media. According to Gulf News, the road abruptly caved in on Thursday, February 12, due to a leak at a Metro construction site nearby. The incident happened at the intersection of Qixin Road and Li'an Road in Shanghai's Minhang district. No injury or fatality was reported in the incident, but the CCTV video has sparked a fury among social media users.
Municipal authorities cordoned off the area and began operations to clean debris.
The dramatic video shows cracks splitting the road and workers sprinting to safety as dust covers the area due to the sinkhole.
According to initial findings, the collapse was probably caused by a water leak. No one was injured and no gas leak was detected. The street was closed to traffic.
The residents of two houses were evacuated as a precaution, according to fire service sources. The water and gas supply to both houses was temporarily cut off.
A striking number of road subsidence incidents in Brussels
According to Brussels water company Vivaqua, a dozen road subsidence incidents have already been recorded in the Brussels Region since the beginning of the year.
These incidents can be explained by the poor condition of the sewerage system, combined with financial difficulties the water company is facing, which means it often cannot intervene as quickly as necessary. Of the 1,900 kilometres of sewerage network in Brussels, around 220 kilometres are in urgent need of repair.
The government has announced the termination of search operations for four people still missing after a large sinkhole suddenly opened up in Thongmang village, Xaythany district, Vientiane, on Jan 3, citing safety risks and geological instability.
The announcement was made on Jan 15 by the Director General of the Department of Geology and Minerals under the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Mr Bounyong Sidavong, in coordination with the Xaythany district Administration, village authorities, and representatives of the victims' families.
According to officials, the decision was reached after careful technical and geological assessments conducted by both Lao and foreign experts.
These evaluations confirmed that the affected area is highly unstable and poses a significant risk of further ground collapse. Authorities said further search operations could endanger the lives of rescue personnel and technical staff due to the strong possibility of additional subsidence.
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