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Decades after underground coal mining all but ended in Eastern Pennsylvania, residents of certain areas continue today to ...
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) -- People whose homes were recently damaged by mine subsidence in Washington ... according to the DEP. DEP has a map for residents to search if their home is ...
LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — The mine subsidence that opened up in Luzerne ... If those numbers weren't enough, history shows its prevalence too. A map on the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental ...
“I signed on because I think it will be a good thing,” even though he has not experienced mine subsidence, Wilson said. He was among six residents who met with Department of Environment ...
Rescue workers search through the night in a sinkhole for Elizabeth Pollard, who disappeared while looking for her cat, in Marguerite, Pa., Tuesday ... said they did not expect to find her alive. Mine ...
Elizabeth Pollard died in December after falling into a sinkhole at an abandoned mine in Unity ... they are at risk of subsidence and should obtain MSI insurance, that map can be found at this ...
UNITY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A conversation on a community app ... He never thought about getting mine subsidence insurance until last week. “I guess it could happen anywhere. You always kind of ...
but that action was making conditions dangerous “for potential other mine subsidence to take place,” he said. “We’re probably going to have to switch gears” and do a bit more complicated ...
Fatalities from mine subsidence are rare ... maps over the last 10 years that have been placed in the PA Historic Underground Mine Map Inventory System (PHUMMIS). Our staffers also assist ...