Guatemala City sink hole. Must see pic.

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Tropical Storm Agatha blows a hole in Guatemala City

Hundreds dead as torrential rain sweeps Central America. Sinkhole in Guatemala swallows three-storey building



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A sinkhole that swallowed a three-storey building in Guatemala City has been blamed on a combination of Tropical Storm Agatha and poor drainage systems Photograph: Luis Echeverria/AP

Tropical Storm Agatha swept across Central America yesterday, bringing torrential rain that killed more than 100 people and opened a 60m-deep sinkhole in Guatemala City which reportedly swallowed up a three-storey building.
The first named storm of the 2010 Pacific season dumped more than a metre of rain in parts of Guatemala, also hitting El Salvador and Honduras. At least 113 people were reported killed, with around 50 missing in Guatemala alone as rescue workers searched through the rubble.
The 30m-diameter sinkhole opened up in a northern district of Guatemala City, with residents blaming the rains and substandard drainage systems. Local reports said one man was killed when the building was swallowed. In 2007, three people died when a similar sinkhole appeared in the same area.
Guatemala was the worst affected country, with a confirmed death toll of 92, although that is likely to rise when rescuers reach remote villages. Almost 100,000 people have been evacuated from their homes. Nine people were confirmed killed in El Salvador and 12 in Honduras.
"I've got no one to help me. I watched the water take everything," Carlota Ramos told Reuters outside her mud-swamped brick house in Amatitlan, a town near the Guatemalan capital.
 

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Looks like a round hole with rock walls. Possibly a old entrance from a UFO.
 

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Guys-story was a little dated...

Guatemala City - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaIn February 2007 a large sinkhole opened in a poor neighborhood in northeast Guatemala city, killing three people. The sinkhole was 100.5 m (330 ft) deep, ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemala_City - 29 minutes ago - Cached - Similar
 
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i was just reading about and checking the pics on yahoo, that is one big azz sink hole.
 

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there are a few countries I would not mind getting sucked down to the middle of the earth
 

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how would u even begin to fix this after the storms?

i mean how do u fill something like that in, where it will remain settled...?
 

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how would u even begin to fix this after the storms?

i mean how do u fill something like that in, where it will remain settled...?

Looks like a big canal underneath it all....probably the top of that canal busted and then the high water rushing past the hole slowly took the dirt with it till it all collapsed. Happens around here everyonce in awhile with sewers that run underneath the roads....
Once they repair the pipe they can just fill in the hole. However they must not do very good work as i believe this is the 2nd time in that same spot. Trying to get off cheap using Chinese materials and illegal labor is the most likely cause..........no wait that would be here..
 

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