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Breaking News: Guatemala City Giant Sinkhole
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Associated Press reports that a 330-foot-deep sinkhole killed at least two teenagers as it swallowed about a dozen homes early Friday and forced the evacuation of nearly 1,000 people in a crowded Guatemala City neighborhood. Officials blamed the sinkhole on recent rains and an underground sewage flow from a ruptured main.
The one hundred meeters deep hole opened in one one of the city's poorest and most overpopulated parts. The three who is missing is a 53 year old man, and two teenagers, one boy and a girl.
"The shaking of the house woke us up," said 26-year old Edward Ramirez, who lives 50 meters (50 yards) from the sinkhole and said residents had been hearing noises and feeling tremors for about a month. "People were shouting 'the electric posts are falling down!' We are going to a friend's house now, there's no way we'll stay here."
There was found a dead body down in the ... that surrounded the hole, but it is unclear if it's a victim after the accident. Around the smelly hole people can still hear sounds and the ground is still shivering, the government fears that the hole will expand. Unbelievable pictures of the Guatemala gigantic hole:      Source: Source: AP Foto: Reuters/Scanpix |
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