The worst spots are sinking 10 times faster ... at risk of flooding as land sinks and tide rises Houston's well-known subsidence issues have been hotly debated over the years.

If one side is sinking and the other doesn’t, this will weaken the building and put people in danger. Less than one percent ...

The movement is slow — sinking on the scale of millimeters per year in the United States — but the effects accumulate over ...

This slow-going subsidence is measured in just a handful of millimeters per year, but rising sea levels due to climate change ...

If you live in a major American city, the ground might be sinking beneath you. Ground beneath major U.S. cities —including New York, Dallas and Seattle —is slowly but steadily sinking, with more than ...

The study found Detroit has sunk by approximately 10.2 millimeters, or about 0.4 inches, from 2015-2021, based on an average land subsidence rate of 1.7 millimeters per year, said Leonard Ohenhen, the ...

Fort Worth and Houston exhibit the highest proportion of sinking areas," the study states. Houston's subsidence issues have been well documented, according to reporting from our sister station KHOU.

Detroit residents wouldn't have noticed the sinking, but according to new research of America's largest urban centers, it's ...