Holes in Guatemala

A man checks the hole, which was formed under the bed a woman in her home in the north of Guatemala. When the neighbors heard a loud noise at night, they thought that exploded canister of cooking gas. Instead, they found deep dip 12 2 meters (40 feet) deep and 80 centimeters (32 inches) in diameter. Hole tiny compared to the giant failures that formed nearby in 2007, and their dimensions are 100 meters (330 feet) in diameter and swallowed several homes and a truck, killing three people. Sinkholes, formed by a natural process of erosion, can be formed gradually but often occur suddenly. Guatemala City, built on volcanic deposits, is especially prone to failure, often in these cases the accused faulty sewage system or heavy rain.





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