Huge Sinkhole forms after Agatha hit Guatamala

Posted on 04 June, 2010 under What's Up with Post a Comment

The aftermath of the storm (Agatha) was best seen when a huge 100 feet (30 metre) sinkhole with a 60 feet (20 metre) diameter swallowed an apartment block along with the majority of an intersection. Though no deaths have been reported due to the huge almost perfectly round hole some eye witnesses have said they had seen two men who were talking in a phone booth being sucked into the hole. But this is yet to be verified.

The Guatamalian government has since closed the street around the huge sinkhole until the government decides how to deal with the matter.

The storm which devastated Guatemala City came a day after a huge eruption of the Pacaya Volcano which led to the evacuation of 2000 people. The ash cloud which had already blanketed the streets, mixed with the floods causeing a thick black muddy solution which clogged up drains causing much more damage to the City.

A report on Tuesday warned that more sinkholes can occur in the area due to the excess pressure on the hydraulic drainage system caused by the floods combined with the inflow of sand from the Pacaya volcano eruption, in the City’s Western drainage collector.

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