A combination of dismal weather and a long, hot and dry summer led to a sharp rise in home insurance payouts last year, with notable rises in claims for flooding, storm damage and subsidence. Insurers ...

When Bernard Weisse first noticed a tiny crack in the outer wall of his house on the outskirts of Paris, he dismissed it as little more than a nuisance. In the four years since, a spiderweb of ...

Decades after underground coal mining all but ended in Eastern Pennsylvania, residents of certain areas continue today to face a hidden danger: mine subsidence. Gaping holes sometimes open without ...

tunnels shift or collapse, often leaving gaping holes in the earth that can swallow large chunks of buildings or roads. More than 150 homes and businesses are damaged by subsidence each year, ...