Bayou Corne Residents Still Evacuated Nearly Two Years After Salt Mine Collapse Caused Sinkhole

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By Julie DermanskyMay 8, 2014, 5:38 pm61 pts
It’s been almost two years since a salt mine collapsed in Bayou Corne, 77 miles from New Orleans, causing a sinkhole to open up and natural gas to spread under nearby homes. Since Aug. 3, 2013, a swath of Assumption Parish has remained under a state of mandatory evacuation. The area, known as a…

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