Japan, sinkhole and Rescuers

Rescuers build slope to reach man in Japan sinkhole
Japanese rescuers completed building a slope on Saturday to reach a truck driver stuck in a sinkhole, officials said, four days after his vehicle was swallowed by the cavity now 40 metres wide. Rescuers have been struggling with the operation as the hole — now the length of an Olympic swimming pool — expands since opening up on Tuesday in Yashio city,
Rescuers complete slope to reach man in Japan’s 40m-wide sinkhole
Rescue efforts to save a truck driver who fell into the hole entered their fifth day. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Rescuers in Japan struggle to save truck driver trapped in sinkhole for three days
Officials in Yashio city, located north of Tokyo, are trying to rescue a 74-year-old man whose truck was swallowed by a massive sinkhole on Tuesday.View on euronews
Sinkhole in Japan widens as rescuers try to save truck driver
Rescue workers in Japan are trying to pull out a truck driver from a sinkhole that appeared on Tuesday and has since widened. The sinkhole appeared in Yashio city in Saitama prefecture, near the capital Tokyo,
Rescuers build slope to reach man trapped for days in Japan sinkhole
TOKYO: Japanese rescuers completed building a slope on Saturday (Feb 1) to reach a truck driver stuck in a sinkhole, officials said, four days after his vehicle was swallowed by the cavity now 40m wide.
A sinkhole swallowed a truck driver in Japan. It’s expanding and residents are worried
Japanese authorities have asked hundreds of residents near Tokyo to evacuate as a sinkhole at an intersection grew to more than 40 meters wide, hampering rescuers racing to reach an elderly truck driver whose vehicle was swallowed by the hole.
Rescuers suspend search for truck driver swallowed by sinkhole days ago
The sinkhole, which opened on 28 January in Saitama prefecture, swallowed the 1,800kg vehicle, trapping the truck driver. Rescuers initially heard the driver responding, but lost contact soon after. On Thursday,
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