Building breaks in middle and collapses 10 meters as thawing permafrost no longer supports stilts
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Черский, Нижнеколымский район, Sakha, Russia |
Arctic permafrost is degrading much faster than expected, warn scientists from the extreme north of Yakutia. It took two years for a building in the port town of Chersky on the Kolyma River, to snap in the middle after the once solid permafrost could no longer hold its supporting foundation.