Seattle is sinking millimeter by millimeter, and new research shows it's more widespread — and riskier — than once suspected.

Seattle is among several major U.S. cities that are slowly sinking. That’s according to researchers at Virginia Tech, who ...

A major reason is too much groundwater is being pumped out, new research shows, threatening buildings and infrastructure nationwide.

Scientists have discovered that the 28 most populous cities in the US are sinking, with 34 million people living in the affected areas. Researchers found ongoing groundwater extraction for ...

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

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 ...

IN THE NEWS: There is something missing at the Port of Seattle and, likely, at ports around the country: big cargo ships. Trade between the United States and other countries — China ...

New York, Chicago, Seattle, Denver, and five other cities are sinking at around two millimeters per year. Several cities in Texas showed some of the highest measured rates of subsidence at about five ...

Seattle streets witnessed a large-scale police intervention on Saturday as officers clamped down on illegal street racing events scattered across the city. The Seattle Police Department, in ...