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A large sinkhole that appeared in late May at a farm in central Mexico has grown larger than a football field, begun swallowing a house and trapped two dogs in its depths

A massive sinkhole measuring 75 yards wide opened on a farm in southeastern Mexico and is threatening to swallow a nearby home, NBC News reports. The crater, which appeared Saturday in Santa Maria Zacatepec, in the state of Puebla, began at just over 5 yards and continues to grow.

A sinkhole more than 75 yards wide opened up about 50 miles southeast of Mexico City.

Many people have been wondering for days now what caused a massive sinkhole to mysteriously appear in a Boston neighborhood park. They got their answer Thursday morning: it’s an old well that dates back to the 1800s. “What we believe currently is that the well is either built in 1818 by John Pierce for his estate,” Boston archaeologist Joe Bagley…

A mystery is unfolding at a park in Dorchester, Massachusetts, after a gaping, 40-foot deep, 3.5-foot wide sinkhole was discovered.  “It’s forty feet deep. You can’t even see the bottom of it,” said Kristin Bergeson, who was walking her dog in Ronan Park. “At first we thought they were redigging for a light post or something then we looked...

The man who experienced a real-life New York City nightmare — falling into a rat nest after the sidewalk collapsed beneath his feet, leaving him too terrified to scream and risk having the rodents crawl into his mouth — is suing the city and a building landlord

The Santa Clara Valley Water District said the pipe broke late Wednesday night. The 25-foot-wide sinkhole swallowed two vehicles at a commuter parking lot, officials said.

Surveillance footage from China shows two pedestrians walking on a sidewalk as it collapses.

A driver managed to escape serious injuries after a sinkhole swallowed up an SUV traveling in the middle of a street in Easton, Pennsylvania.

A car went into a huge sinkhole on Hillside Avenue in Hartford, between Colby and Exeter streets.

A sinkhole created a mess in a Hackensack, New Jersey, parking lot Monday, swallowing a backhoe in a construction site, authorities say.

A total of seven houses have now been condemned at the site of a Florida sinkhole that swallowed two homes last month, officials said Monday.