Sinkhole opens in Cranston neighborhood due to water ... - WJAR
20 hours ago · A sinkhole opened in a neighborhood in Cranston Tuesday night.
Sinkhole traps car in Cranston - ABC6
4 hours ago · (Cranston Police Department)CRANSTON, R.I. (WLNE) — The Cranston Police Department said that a sinkhole trapped a car on Dec. 30. The sinkhole was located at the …
Car gets stuck in Cranston sinkhole
6 hours ago · Car gets stuck in Cranston sinkhole Genre Crews were called to the intersection of Lakeside Avenue and Dekalb Street around 5:15 p.m. and found the car submerged in a large …
Sinkhole opens in Cranston neighborhood due to water main ...
CRANSTON, R.I. (WJAR) — A sinkhole opened in a neighborhood in Cranston on Tuesday night. Crews were seen on Lakeside Avenue repairing the hole. This was in the area of Lakeside …
Sinkhole - Wikipedia
A sinkhole is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer.
What is a sinkhole? | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.gov
A sinkhole is a depression in the ground that has no natural external surface drainage. Basically, this means that when it rains, all of the water stays inside the sinkhole and typically drains into …
Sinkhole | Karst, Subsidence & Collapse | Britannica
Dec 15, 2025 · Sinkhole, topographic depression formed when underlying limestone bedrock is dissolved by groundwater. It is considered the most-fundamental structure of karst topography.
What causes a sinkhole to form? - National Geographic
Sinkholes typically form when naturally acidic rainwater erodes underlying bedrock, creating damage beneath the surface. Their formation is most common in easily erodible karst terrains …
What causes sinkholes, and why are they so dangerous?
Dec 4, 2024 · A sinkhole is a hole or deep depression in the ground that opens up when layers of certain types of rock – usually limestone, carbonate rock and salt beds – dissolve beneath the …
NBC 10 WJAR - A sinkhole opened in a Cranston ... - Facebook
A sinkhole opened in a Cranston neighborhood on Tuesday. Police believe it was caused due to a water main break....