A lake drained. Neighborhoods sank. What mine disasters around the world reveal as Morton Salt investigates beneath Lake Erie.

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Water intrusion at Morton Salt's Lake Erie mine raises concerns, with past disasters in Louisiana, New York, Brazil, and Romania showing how such events can cause lasting surface and environmental damage.

FAIRPORT HARBOR, Ohio — In Louisiana, a lake drained into a salt mine in a morning. In western New York, groundwater flooding emptied wells and opened sinkholes. In Brazil, satellites recorded the ground sinking years before major cracks appeared in homes and streets.



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