The Gates of Hell Just Opened In Guatemala
“This can’t be real” was my first thought. Then I checked the source: The Guatemalan government. This sinkhole appeared yesterday, May 30, in a street intersection located in Zone 2 of Ciudad de Guatemala.
A sinkhole is a natural depression caused by the removal of underground soil by water. This process can happen slowly, but sometimes the land just cracks open. In this case, it happened suddenly. The cause: Massive underground water torrents created by tropical storm Agatha.
Sinkholes can go from low terrain depressions to hundred of meters. Unlike the similar sinkhole that killed two teens in 2007, there seems to be no victims. At least one local newspaper is reporting one person dead. Some neighbors claim that a whole three-story house fell into the hole. This hasn’t been confirmed yet.
Judging by this detail picture, that may be the case.
Photo by Paulo Raquec
