Tehran sinking at alarming rate due to water pumping and drought
Iran's capital city of Tehran is sinking, officials say, and at an alarming rate.
Excessive water pumping combined with drought have caused massive sinkholes to form across Tehran and its outskirts, some reaching nearly 100 feet deep. Satellite images by scientists estimate that the western plain of Tehran is sinking by 9.8 inches per year.
The sinkage poses a grave threat to a rapidly growing city already plagued by protests and violence over lack of water. Over the last 100 years, the city has struggled to garner the resources to serve its 13 million metropolitan residents.
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