HOUSTON — On a Friday night in August, Diane and Ted Simpson got home from work to find a certified letter from the Harris County Flood Control District notifying them that a portion of their backyard was in a public …
Dora Linda Nishihara was driving in San Antonio one dark evening in early December when she suddenly disappeared from sight. Later, her car, with her body inside, was found at the bottom of a 12-foot-deep water-filled sinkhole that had swallowed …
Taiwan launched a database Monday to inform residents about which areas might be susceptible to creating potentially catastrophic sinkholes in the event of one of the island’s frequent earthquakes. The Central Geological Survey’s research tool shows the potential for soil …
Homeowners at a golf course subdivision near Glenwood Springs, Colo., are waiting to see if a judge will uphold $14 million in awards related to defects in the construction of homes on sinking soils. A jury recently awarded nearly $7 …
Sinkholes will be recognized as threats in the state’s updated hazard mitigation plan. The Daily Comet reports the state is working on a five-year update to its hazard mitigation plan, which must be in place to receive federal money after …
Solid ground isn’t always a certainty. Sinkholes can lurk anywhere, beneath suburban homes, city streets or even football stadiums and museums. It’s basic geology: Sinkholes open when soil collapses into large holes, caused by flowing water in underground limestone. Their …
This winter has been the wettest in the United Kingdom since detailed data was first published in 1910, and the rainfall total for January was the highest recorded since 1766, according to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide. Beginning with a …
It took two votes, but the Lafayette City-Parish Council introduced an ordinance authorizing a $775,000 legal settlement with former City-Parish Attorney Steven Dupuis Sr. and his wife. The Advertiser reports the ordinance approved Tuesday comes up for final adoption in …
A church in Tarpon Springs, Fla., is closed indefinitely following the discovery of two sinkholes on the property. The Tampa Bay Times reports that the Unitarian Universalist Church of Tarpon Springs discovered the sinkholes while remodeling. The 80-member congregation is …
Scott and Robin Spivey had a sinking feeling that something was wrong with their home when cracks began snaking across their walls in March. The cracks soon turned into gaping fractures, and within two weeks their 600-square-foot garage broke from …