Seattle is among several major U.S. cities that are slowly sinking. That’s according to researchers at Virginia Tech, who used satellite-based radar measurements for their study, published in ...

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

New York, Dallas and Seattle are among American cities that are SINKING, reveals new research. An analysis of 28 urban areas in the United States revealed that all of them are falling in altitude ...

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 ...

Cities across the U.S., including inland ones such as Denver and Dallas, are settling into the earth, posing increased ...

New York, Dallas, Seattle and 25 other major U.S. cities are sinking, threatening the structural integrity of buildings, roads, dams and other forms of infrastructure, new research found.

The tracks were about three inches lower than they should be due to problems with the ... “A lot of Seattle is built on fill and the tracks were sinking as a result." Sound Transit also ...

(The Center Square) – Police Chief Adrian Diaz is stepping down from his role as head of the Seattle Police Department amid an increasing number of issues within the department. Seattle Mayor ...

SEATTLE — Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell proposed new legislation on Thursday to crack down on issues associated with vacant buildings. This comes after hundreds of complaints and several vacant ...

This story was originally published on MyNorthwest.com. Seattle is among several major U.S. cities that are slowly sinking. That’s according to researchers at Virginia Tech, who used satellite ...