Guatemala sinkhole

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This past weekend, Guatemala was hit hard by Tropical Storm Agatha, which CNN reports killed at least 115 people in Central America. While we hope it does not overshadow the loss of human life, this awe-inspiring sinkhole that appeared in Guatemala City’s Zone 2 may well become the storm’s most-remembered consequence.

A sinkhole is a natural topographic hole that appears when the ground is peeled off by water. According to Wikipedia, “Sinkholes may vary in size from less than a metre to several hundred metres both in diameter and depth, and vary in form from soil-lined bowls to bedrock-edged chasms.”

While some have wondered whether these photos are real or fake due to their almost perfectly cylindrical shape, they appear to be real: Both were posted by the Guatemala government’s official Twitter feed. Click on either one to see it in higher resolution.

http://www.geekosystem.com/guatemala-sinkhole-2010/

At least one man was killed and others are missing after a three-storey building fell into a 200ft-deep sink hole in Guatemala City.

Tropical storm Agatha, the first named storm of the 2010 Pacific season, slammed into Guatemala and neighbouring El Salvador at the weekend, dumping more than three feet of rain in the region.

The enormous crater appeared while the city was being ravaged with high winds, torrential rain and deadly mudslides. Witnesses claim at least one man was in the three-storey building when it was swallowed up at a downtown intersection, and others remain missing.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/wor...pical-storm-Agatha-blows-200ft-hole-city.html

Emergency workers in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador are struggling to get aid to communities cut off by Tropical Storm Agatha.

The storm has left at least 150 people dead since Saturday, most of them in Guatemala.

Rescuers are digging through mud and rubble in search of dozens of people still missing after landslides destroyed entire communities.

The storm has passed but officials warn that swollen rivers still pose a risk.

The Guatemalan authorities said 123 people were known to have died, while in Honduras 14 people were killed, and nine in El Salvador.

All three countries have declared emergencies in an attempt to increase immediate aid and resources.

The storm dumped more than 3ft (1m) of rain on parts of Guatemala, the government said, causing rivers to burst their banks and hillsides to collapse.

In the capital, Guatemala City, a giant sinkhole opened up, reportedly swallowing a couple of buidlings.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/latin_america/10200440.stm

Unbelievable. Looks fake. 2012 anyone?

 

[GreenKirby]

You CAN divide by zero.

Anyway, it's real.

 

[victra♥]

thats freaking crazy. I've never seen something like that before o.o It's like something you see in the movies...or in an anime or something.

 

[UberMario]

What's really scary is one of the residents reported that's happened before in the last three years and only a few blocks away.

 

[Mr.Freeman]

Wonder whats down there..

Maybe molemen.

 

[mzink*]

Dude its like perfectly round. That's crazy.

 

[GoldShadow]

Maybe it's a tunnel... to the center of the earth!

 

[SuperBowser]

You can't see the bottom...

 

[Inui]

Holy crap, it's like a passageway to Hell. I think I see magma.

 

[Pluvia]

THE LOCUST A RE COMING!!!

 

[Mota]

Its like something out of a apocalypse movie.

Imagine falling in that geez.

 

[¯\_S.(ツ).L.I.D._/¯]

We should drop a Super Ball down there and see how long it takes to hit the bottom. Or burn up. O

I thought this was fake when I first saw it.

 

[UberMario]

I wonder how long it took before the residents heard the crash of the two buildings landing in there . . . . . (hopefully there wasn't anyone in there too of course)

 

[Geist]

That's amazing.
Kind of unfortunate that it happened in the middle of the city, but still.
That's so cool

 

[Omnicron's Baklava Enterprises]

That's incredible.

People should bungie jump down it.

 

[Mr.Freeman]

 

[StealthyGunnar]

Holy Hell that's a big hole. It's mind-bottling, you know? When your thoughts get all trapped in your brain, like in a bottle.

 

[Grandeza]

That's.....incredible

Obviously this isn't a good thing but still.....It's so smooth and looks bottomless

 

[Spire]

I remember seeing this on Yahoo several days ago. Just have to say how ****ing epic that is. It doesn't seem like it's directly claimed many (or any) lives so yeah, awesome. Wish we had one of those here.

 

[Fuelbi]

I feel like I should get Marcus Pheonix to go right there before Locusts come up from that hole

 

[Mewter]

Maybe we should have Indiana Jones investigate.

 

[Эикельманн [РУС]]

Sparta. This is it.