ST. LOUIS — Carol DeVaughan assumed her suburban St. Louis home was
simply settling when cracks appeared in the walls. When she noticed huge
gaps between her fireplace and ceiling, and that her family room was
starting to tilt, she knew she had bigger problems.
Like thousands of other Americans getting stuck with huge repair
bills, DeVaughan learned that the intense drought baking much of the
country’s lawns, fields and forests this summer has also been sucking
the moisture from underground, causing shifting that can lead to cracked
basements and foundations, as well as damage aboveground. Repairs often
cost tens of thousands of dollars and can even top $100,000, and they
are rarely covered by insurance, as shocked homeowners have been
discovering.
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