Sinkhole

Sinkholes have existed for centuries in Konya, a vast agricultural province known as Türkiye's breadbasket but their numbers have risen in recent years due to increasing drought and a subsequent overuse of groundwater for irrigation, according to experts.

A prehistoric human skeleton has been found in a cave system that was flooded at the end of the last ice age 8,000 years ago, according to a cave-diving archaeologist on Mexico's Caribbean coast.

Cennet and Cehennem (Heaven and Hell) sinkholes in Turkey's southern province of Mersin aim for 500,000 tourists each year as the improvement works at the caves have been completed.

Located in the southern province of Mersin, the historical sinkholes, one of which is called "Heaven" with its 70-meter-deep green nature, and the other called "Hell" with its 128-meter-scary structure, are expecting to host 500,000 tourists in a year with their renewed look.

The number of sinkholes has risen substantially in a year due to the excessive use of groundwater for irrigation purposes in the Konya Plain in the central Turkish province, which is known as the "grain silo" of Turkey due to its vast wheat fields.

Located in Central Anatolia and once known as Turkey's grain warehouse, the Konya Closed Basin is fighting drought due to improper irrigation activities and uncontrolled agriculture.

Çıralı Sinkhole, one of the most important natural formations in the region with an area of nearly 17,500 square meters, has also dried up after weeks without rain.

A passenger bus fell into a huge hole in the Chinese city of Xinhai, the capital of Qinghai province, according to the French Central Television.

At least 6 people have died. and The incident also wounded 16 people who are in a stable condition now.

A road section in front of a hospital on the busy Nandajie Street in the city of Xining, collapsed,

Three new sinkholes have been formed in the Central Anatolian province of Konya, raising fears among the locals. Click through for the story in photos...

Locals in Turkey’s Central Anatolian province of Konya are feeding a fox after it fell into a 30-meter-deep sinkhole. Click through for the story in photos...

A new project will provide tourists ease of access to the two large sinkholes in the Taurus Mountains, known as the Cennet and Cehennem (Heaven and Hell) caves in Turkey's southern province of Mersin, Development Minister Lütfi Elvan has announced.