Gautam NaikWashington Post·24 Aug, 2026 01:02 AM5 mins to readLondon homes face growing subsidence risks as repeated heat waves dry out clay soil. Photo / Getty ImagesLondon homes face growing subsidence risks as repeated heat waves dry out clay soil. Photo / Getty ImagesLondoners are facing historic levels of subsidence risk after five successive heatwaves dried out the clay soil on which much of the city is built.
Insurance claims tied to subsidence – a phenomenon associated with bouts of hot, dry weather that shrink the soil and destabilise the foundations on which
