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.

Houston is sinking faster than any other city in the U.S., according to a report released on Thursday. Here's what's causing it.

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

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

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

HOUSTON, Texas -- The Columbia Climate School has found that Houston is the fastest sinking city out of 28 cities examined in its recent study released May 8. Columbia Climate School is part of ...

A recently published study found that Houston is the fastest-sinking major city in the United States, with more than 40% of its land area subsiding faster than 5 millimeters per year. The study ...

In Texas, parts of Houston are sinking at a rate faster than 10 millimeters—or about two-fifths of an inch—per year. Parts of Dallas and Fort Worth are sinking more than 5 millimeters per year.

The study, published May 8, found that Dallas and Fort Worth are sinking at a rate of about 4 millimeters per year, the second- and third- most of the 28 largest cities in the U.S. Only Houston ...