Picher, Okla., was once among the nation's largest Superfund sites. It was a town prone to cave-ins, from years of overzealous mining. The federal government was in the process of buying out the people who hadn't left yet. Over the weekend, Picher was destroyed by a tornado and it's unlikely anyone will rebuild.
Frank Morris reports for member station KCUR.
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